Legal Opinion
Frank Watts, II v. Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 30, 2004No. 02-3237EAPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
In this case we are asked to answer a question about the interaction of the federal one-year statute of limitations on habeas corpus petitions, 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1), and an Arkansas procedure, Ark. R.App. P. — Crim. 2(e), providing, under certain circumstances, for a belated appeal from criminal convictions. The federal statute provides, with refinements not here relevant, that the one-year limitations period begins to run on “the date on which the judgment [of conviction in the state courts] became final by the conclusion of direct review or the expiration…
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