Legal Opinion
Simms v. Acevedo
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 19, 2010No. 07-2999PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TINDER, Circuit Judge.
Before us is Darryl Simms’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Like so many habeas cases, this one turns not on principles of constitutional or criminal law, but on state procedural requirements. At issue are two petitions that Simms filed in Illinois state court. If either was properly filed when Simms contends it was, his federal petition for habeas corpus is timely and should be addressed on the merits. But if not, Simms’s federal petition is barred by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death *776Penalty Act (AEDPA), 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1),…
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