Legal Opinion
James C. Flanagan v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 1, 1998No. 97-10912PublishedCited by 318 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:
Texas state prisoner James C. Flanagan appeals the district court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition as time-barred by the one year period of limitation in the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Pub.L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214 (1996) (“AEDPA”). We reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
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James C. Flanagan was convicted by a Texas state jury of aggravated possession of more than 400 grams of cocaine in January 1989. The trial court sentenced Flanagan to ninety years imprisonment and imposed a…
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