Legal Opinion
Rivas v. Fischer
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 9, 2012No. Docket 10-1300-prPublishedCited by 250 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:
The issue in this appeal is whether petitioner-appellant Hector Rivas — who is currently serving an indeterminate life sentence for the second-degree murder of his former girlfriend, Valerie Hill — should be permitted to present in federal court his claim that constitutional error at his criminal trial renders his current confinement unlawful. The merits of Rivas’s constitutional claims are not before us. Rather, we address only whether his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 was timely filed, or, if untimely, whether he should…
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