COUSIN v. LENSING

No. 02-30184. Summary Calendar.

310 F.3d 843 (2002)

Shareef COUSIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. C. Martin LENSING, Warden, Hunt Correctional Center, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 12, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clive A. Stafford-Smith, Louisiana Crisis Assistance Center, New Orleans, LA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Valentin Michael Solino, New Orleans, LA, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Shareef Cousin appeals the dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus, contending that the district court erred in determining his petition was time-barred. Finding no error, we affirm.

I.

In September 1995, Cousin pleaded guilty of four counts of armed robbery. In January 1996, he was convicted of an offense unrelated to the armed robbery charges, the murder of Alfred Gerardi. During...

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