Two cases were decided yesterday.
Here's a summary and links to the decisions.
The court also released
three decisions on Tuesday.
Of note, in
Lawrence v. Florida,
Scotus held that filing for U.S. Supreme Court review of a state post-conviction proceeding does not toll the one year limit for filing a federal
habeas claim. In other words, when a person is convicted in state court, they have one year from that date in which to file for federal
habeas relief. That one year period is tolled while any state post-conviction proceedings are "pending."
Scotus held that "pending" does not include a petition to
Scotus from a state post-conviction proceeding. So when the state's courts are done with the post-conviction proceedings, the federal
habeas clock starts ticking again.
