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LAWRENCE v. FLORIDA

No. 05-8820.

127 S.Ct. 1079 (2007)

549 U.S. 327

166 L.Ed.2d 924

Gary LAWRENCE, Petitioner, v. FLORIDA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 20, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Bonner , Ft. Lauderdale, FL, appointed by this Court, for petitioner.

Christopher Kise , Tallahassee, FL, for respondent.

William M. Norris , Miami, FL, Prof. Diane E. Courselle , Univ. of Wyoming College of Law, Laramie, WY, Mary Catherine Bonner , Counsel of Record, Wanda Raiford, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Petitioner.

Charles J. Crist, Jr. , Attorney General of Florida, James A. McKee , Deputy Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney, Tallahassee, FL, Christopher M. Kise , Counsel of Record Foley & Lardner, LLP, Tallahassee, FL, Special Counsel to the Attorney General.

Jeffrey T. Green , Courtney A. Smith , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C., Mary Catherine Bonner , Counsel of Record, Wanda Raiford , Mary Catherine Bonner , PA, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, for Petitioner.

Congress established a 1-year statute of limitations for seeking federal habeas corpus relief from a state-court judgment, 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d), and further provided that the limitations period is tolled while an "application for State post-conviction or other collateral review" "is pending...

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