Legal Opinion
Breese v. Maloney
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided July 6, 2004No. CIV.A. 03-11416-DPWPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WOODLOCK, District Judge.
This case presents the problem of calculating the limitations period for commencing a habeas corpus petition, when (1) the claim relies upon constitutional rights newly recognized by the Supreme Court following the petitioner’s conviction, but (2) those rights have not yet been made retroactive to cases on collateral review.
Glen Breese’s conviction for first degree murder was affirmed by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts almost a quarter century ago. Commonwealth v. Breese, 381 Mass. 13, 406 N.E.2d 1292 (1980). In this habeas corpus…
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