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News Coverage of Holland v. Florida"

By Steve Hall

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Marcia Coyle writes, "Justices Debate Whether Lawyer Negligence Can Extend Habeas Deadline," for National Law Journal.  ScotusWiki has full briefing in Holland v. Florida. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struggled with just how bad a lawyer must be to warrant stopping the clock on the time for filing a prisoner's federal habeas petition. In Holland v. Florida, the justices confronted two issues: whether the one-year deadline for filing habeas petitions under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act can be tolled for equitable reasons, and whether a lawyer's gross negligence is one of those reasons for halting the clock. The issues stem from the death penalty conviction of Albert Holland in 1991. After his conviction became final in 2001, Holland had 365 days to file a federal habeas petition...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 02, 2010 (boomark / email).

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