Legal Opinion
Robinson v. Ricks
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided September 7, 2001No. 1:00-cv-04526PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
GLEESON, District Judge.
Petitioner Larry Robinson seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The procedural history of his case raises an important question of statutory interpretation. The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AED-PA”), Pub.L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214 (1996), imposes a one-year limitations period on federal habeas petitions that begins to run, in most cases, on the date on which the state court judgment becomes final. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1). 1 Section 2244(d)(2), however, provides that the one-year period is…
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