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TAYLOR v. LEE

No. 98-36.

186 F.3d 557 (1999)

Norris Carlton TAYLOR, Petitioner-Appellant, v. R.C. LEE, Warden of Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 29, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: James Richard Glover, Glover & Petersen, P.A., Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Gretchen Marie Engel, Center for Death Penalty Litigation, Durham, North Carolina, for Appellant. Kendrick C. Fentress, Assistant Attorney General, North Carolina Department of Justice, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Michael F. Easley, Attorney General of North Carolina, North Carolina Department of Justice, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Before ERVIN, WILKINS, and KING, Circuit Judges.

ERVIN, Circuit Judge:

The question before this Court is how to calculate the limitations period for federal habeas corpus petitioners who were in the middle of state post-conviction proceedings when the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 ("AEDPA") was signed. See 28 U.S.C.A. § 2244(d)(2) (West Supp.1999).

Norris Carlton Taylor ("Taylor") is on death row in North Carolina for murder. When the AEDPA was signed on April 24, 1996...

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