Legal Opinion
Michael A. Newell v. Craig Hanks
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 12, 2002No. 00-1558PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Chief Judge.
On April 24, 1997, Michael Newell filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court dismissed the petition as untimely, or alternatively for lack of merit, and Newell appeals. We vacate the judgment and remand the case for further proceedings.
I. Background
In 1990 Newell was convicted in the Superior Court of Knox County, Indiana, of dealing cocaine, Ind.Code § 35-^18^4 — 1, and was sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment. The evidence at trial had showed that an individual named Fred Wells, driving one of Newell’s vehicles, met police officer…
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