Turner v. Brown

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Duane E. Turner has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal court raising claims of ineffective assistance of counsel in challenging his sentence for murder. The district court denied his petition as untimely, concluding that the last day on which Turner could have filed his federal habeas petition was September 23, 1998, one year after his murder conviction and sentence became final. We granted a certificate of appealability, asking the parties to address whether Turner’s petition was timely filed under Jimenez v. Quarterman, 555 U.S. 113, 129 S.Ct. 681,…