Legal Opinion
Land v. Carroll
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided November 30, 2005No. Civ. 04-1440-SLRPublished
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
SUE L. ROBINSON, Chief Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Currently before the court is petitioner Willie Land’s (“petitioner”) application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (D.L2) Petitioner is incarcerated in the Delaware Correctional Center in Smyrna, Delaware. For the reasons that follow, the court will dismiss petitioner’s § 2254 application as time-barred by the one-year period of limitations prescribed in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1).
II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In 1977, petitioner was convicted of third degree burglary, attempted rape, and sec ond degree…
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