Legal Opinion
Stokes v. Leonard
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 4, 2002No. 00-3797PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.
The Petitioner-Appellant, Frank L. Stokes, appeals the district court’s orders dismissing as time-barred his habeas corpus petition, filed on April 16, 1999, and denying his motion to alter or amend that judgment. Finding that the district court properly concluded that the petition was not brought within the period required by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), Pub.L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214 (1996), we will affirm.
Stokes was convicted of rape in Franklin County, Ohio, and sentenced to life imprisonment on May 18, 1990. His conviction was…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Warner v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992
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