Legal Opinion

French v. Carter

District Court, S.D. Georgia

Decided February 15, 2012No. Case No. CV410-141PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

GEORGE R. SMITH, United States Magistrate Judge.

Convicted in state court for aggravated child molestation, French v. State, 288 Ga.App. 775, 655 S.E.2d 224 (2007), Eugene French petitions this Court for 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas relief, contending that his lawyer provided him with ineffective assistance of counsel (IAC). Doc. 1. As it did once before, doc. 8, the State moves to dismiss the petition as untimely. Doc. 45. The petition is untimely but equitable tolling applies. And further briefing is required.

Distilled from his multiple submissions, docs. 1, 5, 15, 16, 39, 53 & 55, French’s…

2Cases cited81 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Eugene French v. Warden, Wilcox State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2015
  2. Everett v. BarrowDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 2012
  3. Dome v. Celebrity Cruises Inc.District Court, S.D. Florida · 2022
  4. Eugene French v. Warden, Wilcox State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2015

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