Legal Opinion
Zack v. Crosby
District Court, N.D. Florida
Decided November 17, 2008No. Case 3:05cv369-RHPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DISMISSING PETITION IN PART
ROBERT L. HINKLE, Chief Judge.
By petition for writ of habeas corpus, Michael Duane Zack, III, challenges his state court conviction and death sentence. The respondent Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections has moved to dismiss the petition as untimely. I grant the motion in part.
The limitations period for a federal habeas claim challenging a state-court conviction is one year. 1 The period runs from one of four dates. 2 The two at issue here are first, the date when the conviction became final by the conclusion of direct review or the expiration of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Pace v. DiGuglielmoSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Atkins v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Lawrence v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Artuz v. BennettSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
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3Cited by4 opinions
- & SC16-1090 Michael Duane Zack, III v. State of Florida and Michael Duane Zack, III v. Julie L. Jones, etc.Supreme Court of Florida · 2017
- Michael Duane Zack, III v. Kenneth S. TuckerCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2012
- & SC16-1090 Michael Duane Zack, III v. State of Florida and Michael Duane Zack, III v. Julie L. Jones, etc.Supreme Court of Florida · 2017
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