Legal Opinion
Eric D. Johnson v. Gary R. McCaughtry Warden
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 7, 2001No. 00-2217PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Eric D. Johnson was convicted in Wisconsin state court of two counts of first-degree intentional homicide and sentenced to life imprisonment on both counts. After exhausting the appellate process and post-conviction review in state court, Johnson filed a petition for habeas corpus in federal court. The district court denied his petition, finding that it was barred by the one-year statute of limitations, and that equitable tolling did not apply. Johnson appeals, and we affirm.
I. Background
On the morning of September 1, 1992, while sitting in the back seat of a car, Eric…
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