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Two to read

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

I’m hoping to catch up on the news Weds.  nite, for now, however, two cases of note. The SCOTUS in Jiminez v. Quarterman, Justice Thomas writing for the Court, holds that where a state court grants a criminal defendant the right to filean out-of-time direct appeal during state collateral review, but beforethe defendant has first sought federal habeas relief, his judgment is not *final* for purposes of *2244(d)(1)(A) until the conclusion of theout-of-time direct appeal, or the expiration of the time for seeking certiorari review of that appeal. In Reed v. Quarterman the 5th Circuit grants relief — after a decades long fight — on a Batson claim.  Specifically: Here, Reed presents this same historical evidence of racial bias in the Dallas County District Attorney?s Office...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on January 13, 2009 (boomark / email).