WIXOM v. WASHINGTON

No. 00-35721.

264 F.3d 894 (2001)

Larry WIXOM, Petitioner-Appellant, v. State of WASHINGTON, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald R. Smith, Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington and Idaho, Spokane, Washington, for the petitioner-appellant.

Diana M. Sheythe, Assistant Attorney General, Olympia, Washington, for the respondent-appellee.

Before: TASHIMA and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges, and MOLLWAY, District Judge.


TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:

I.

Since April 24, 1996, state prisoner habeas petitions have been subject to the statute of limitations enacted as part of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 ("AEDPA"). See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(A). Under that statute, state prisoners have one year from the date on which their convictions became final to commence federal habeas corpus proceedings. That period of limitations, however, is statutorily...

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