Al-Yousif v. Trani

HARTZ, Circuit Judge.

The United States District Court for the District of Colorado granted Defendant Naif Al-Yousifs application for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Although the application was untimely filed, the district court granted equitable tolling and proceeded to the merits. It ruled that the state-court decision was both contrary to and an unreasonable application of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966), and Moran v. Burbine, 475 U.S. 412, 106 S.Ct. 1135, 89 L.Ed.2d 410 (1986). The State of Colorado appealed. (It did not need to…