Legal Opinion
Curtis Brinson v. Donald Vaughn the District Attorney of the County of Philadelphia the Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 8, 2005No. 02-4466, 02-4479PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALITO, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a District Court order denying Curtis Brinson’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Brinson was convicted in state court in Pennsylvania on one count of murder in the first degree and a lesser offense and was sentenced to imprisonment for life. The District Court held — and we agree — that his federal ha-beas petition was timely because it was proper to apply the doctrine of equitable tolling to the period of time following the District Court’s erroneous dismissal of Brinson’s prior habeas petition. Contrary to the District…
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