Legal Opinion
Moore v. Cain
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 11, 2002No. 01-30953PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:
At issue is whether the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act’s (AED-PA’s) one-year limitations period, 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1), was tolled by a Louisiana state prisoner’s state court application for a writ of mandamus, seeking to have the state trial court ordered to rule on his habeas application. AFFIRMED.
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Floyd Moore was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to 120 years imprisonment. State v. Moore, 575 So.2d 928, 931 (La.Ct.App.1991). On 27 February 1991, the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal (Second Circuit) affirmed, id. at 937;…
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