Legal Opinion
Tucker v. Kingston
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 15, 2008No. 08-1405PublishedCited by 152 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
In 2001 Robert Tucker pleaded guilty to first-degree murder as a party to a crime in a Wisconsin court and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He will be eligible for parole in 2035. The state appellate court affirmed his conviction and sentence, and the state supreme court denied leave to appeal. His conviction became final on July 21, 2003, when the time to seek review in the Supreme Court expired. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(A).
On December 23, 2003, Tucker filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in the district court. On February 12, 2004,…
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