Willie Manning v. Christopher Epps, Commissioner

CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner-Appellant Willie Jerome Manning was convicted in Mississippi of capital murder for the 1992 murders of Tiffany Miller and Jon Steckler. He filed a petition for habeas relief in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.

While acknowledging that Manning’s habeas petition was filed more than one year after the state court judgment became fi nal, the district court found that equitable tolling was warranted under the circumstances. On the merits, the district court denied habeas relief on all grounds raised, but granted a…