Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Smith v. Sternes
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided November 1, 2001No. 00 C 7096Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
GETTLEMAN, District Judge.
Petitioner Alonzo Smith has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Respondent has filed a motion to dismiss the petition as time-barred by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“the AEDPA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d). For the reasons explained below, respondent’s motion is denied.
DISCUSSION
Petitioner was convicted of murder, home invasion and armed robbery on July 12, 1984. Thereafter, petitioner was sen tenced to concurrent terms of 40 years for murder and 20 years each for home invasion…
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