Legal Opinion
Clifton E. Spencer v. Ernest Sutton
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 7, 2001No. 99-7007PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LUTTIG, Circuit Judge:
Clifton Spencer pled no contest to the murder of Stacy Stanton. The district court dismissed Spencer’s subsequent petition for a writ of habeas corpus as untimely, and he now appeals. Although for different reasons than those relied upon by the district court, we also conclude that Spencer’s petition was untimely. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
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Stacy Stanton was found dead on her living room floor on February 3, 1990. She was sprawled on her mattress, with over sixteen stab wounds to her body. J.A. 349-52. Based on information that…
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