Legal Opinion
Griffith v. Rednour
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 22, 2010No. 09-2518PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
A state prisoner who wants collateral review in federal court must file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus within one year of “the date on which the judgment became final by the conclusion of direct review”. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(A). (The statute restarts the clock under certain circumstances, such as the Supreme Court’s recognition of a new constitutional right, but none of those possibilities matters here.) For Evan Griffith, who is serving a term of life imprisonment for murder, the end of direct review came in 1994. People v. Griffith, 158 Ill.2d 476, 199…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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3Cited by23 opinions
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