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SPENCER v. SUTTON

No. 99-7007.

239 F.3d 626 (2001)

Clifton E. Spencer, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ernest Sutton, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: February 7, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Letitia C. Echols, NORTH CAROLINA PRISONER LEGAL SERVICES, INC., Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant.

Clarence Joe DelForge, III, Assistant Attorney General, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

ON BRIEF: Michael F. Easley, Attorney General, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Before LUTTIG and KING, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge LUTTIG wrote the majority opinion, in which Senior Judge HAMILTON joined. Judge KING wrote a dissenting opinion.

OPINION

LUTTIG, Circuit Judge:

Clifton Spencer pled no contest to the murder of Stacy Stanton. The district court dismissed Spencer's subsequent petition for a writ of habeas corpus as untimely, and he now appeals. Although for different reasons than those relied upon by the district court, we also...

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