Legal Opinion
Sweet v. Secretary, Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 23, 2006No. 05-15199PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
In this capital case, William Earl Sweet appeals the district court’s dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Sweet argues that the district court erred in dismissing his case as untimely. After thorough review, we affirm.
I
The essential facts of this case, which we take from the opinion of the Supreme Court of Florida affirming Sweet’s conviction and sentence, are these:
On June 6, 1990, Mareine Cofer was attacked in her apartment and beaten and robbed by three men. She could identify two of the men by their street names.…
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