Legal Opinion
Slack v. McDaniel
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 26, 2000No. 98-6322PublishedCited by 31,053 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
delivered the opinion of the Court."
We are called upon to resolve a series of issues regarding the law of habeas corpus, including questions of the proper application of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA). We hold as follows:
*478First, when a habeas corpus petitioner seeks to initiate an appeal of the dismissal of a habeas corpus petition after April 24, 1996 (the effective date of AEDPA), the right to appeal is governed by the certificate of appealability (COA) requirements now found at 28 U. S. C. § 2253(c) (1994 ed., Supp. III). This is true whether the habeas…
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