Legal Opinion
Norris Carlton Taylor v. R. C. Lee, Warden of Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 29, 1999No. 98-36PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERVIN, Circuit Judge:
The question before this Court is how to calculate the limitations period for federal habeas corpus petitioners who were in the middle of state post-conviction proceedings when the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”) was signed. See 28 U.S.C.A. § 2244(d)(2) (West Supp.1999).
Norris Carlton Taylor (“Taylor”) is on death row in North Carolina for murder. When the AEDPA was signed on April 24, 1996, Taylor was still undergoing state post-conviction proceedings. After exhausting his state remedies, Taylor filed a federal petition for a writ of…
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