Legal Opinion
Gerald DeCoteau v. Alex Schweitzer
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 23, 2014No. 13-3245PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENTON, Circuit Judge.
Gerald Lee DeCoteau was found guilty of gross sexual imposition in 1996 and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. His habeas petition in November 2012 had six claims. The district court 1 dismissed the petition, finding four claims were time-barred, one was procedurally barred, and the other lacked merit. The district court granted a certificate of appealability whether the statute of limitations .in the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) applies on a claim-by-claim basis. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253, this court affirms.
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