Legal Opinion
Libby v. Corrections, ME Comm
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 26, 1999No. 98-1067PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Over a decade ago, a Maine jury found petitioner-appellant Jeffrey L. Libby guilty of murdering his grandfather, and a state trial judge sentenced him to serve sixty years in prison. Since then, Libby has attempted on several occasions to mount collateral attacks on his conviction. The latest in this series of attempts took place against the backdrop of the Antiter-rorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), Pub.L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214 (Apr. 24, 1996) (codified in scattered sections of 28 U.S.C.), and gave rise to the instant appeal. We retrace the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- McCleskey v. ZantSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Collins v. YoungbloodSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Felker v. TurpinSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- California Department of Corrections v. MoralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Beazell v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Percy Stanley Harris v. Ronald Hutchinson, Warden, Maryland House of Corrections J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of the State of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2000
- Kevin Cooper v. Arthur Calderon, Warden of California State Prison at San QuentinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Steven Taliani v. James Chrans, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
- Charles C. Delaney III v. James MatesanzCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
- United States v. Vega-MolinaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
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