Peoria man Shontel Diggins wins new hearing on appeal of 1995 case
PEORIA – A trio of appellate court judges ordered that a Peoria man's post-conviction petition be reinstated and heard because his attorney failed to properly represent him. The judges from the 3rd District Appellate Court in Ottawa wrote in a June 1 order that Shontel Diggins, now 45, should have a new attorney appointed and his case set for an as-yet unscheduled hearing under the state's Post Conviction Act. Diggins is serving a 50-year prison term after being sentenced in 1998 for aggravated battery with a firearm in connection with a July 16, 1995, incident at a North Valley club ...
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