Legal Opinion
James Head v. Eric Wilson
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 26, 2015No. 13-5171PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON.
KAREN LECRAFT HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:
In 1980, a District of Columbia (D.C.) Superior Court jury convicted James M. Head of numerous violent crimes, including first-degree murder. Thirty-two years after his conviction and nearly fifteen years after expiration of the one-year statute of limitations contained in the Antiter-rorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), Pub.L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214, Head -petitioned the district court for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that his lawyer was ineffective. Head contends that…
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