Legal Opinion

Boston v. Weber

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided May 8, 2008No. 07-2222PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.

Samuel W. Boston appeals the district court’s 1 order dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 as untimely. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

A jury convicted Boston of second-degree murder, and he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The South Dakota Supreme Court affirmed the conviction on June 11, 2003. Boston did not seek a writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court before the ninety days allowed for filing such a writ expired on September 9, 2003. See Sup.Ct. R. 13. He filed an application for state…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Rhines v. WeberSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  2. Day v. McDonoughSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  3. Carey v. SaffoldSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  4. Sweet v. Secretary, Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2006
  5. Alan Dean Painter v. State of IowaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001

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3Cited by20 opinions

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