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Argued January 21, 2003.
Decided March 25, 2003.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Janis S. McLean, Supervising Deputy Attorney General of California, argued the cause for petitioner. With her on the briefs were Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of California, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jo Graves, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Clayton S. Tanaka, Deputy Attorney General.
Lynne S. Coffin argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were Andrew S. Love and Denise Kendall.*
THOMAS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which REHNQUIST, C. J., and STEVENS, SCALIA, and KENNEDY, JJ., joined. O'CONNOR, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, post, p. 210. SOUTER, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which GINSBURG and BREYER, JJ., joined, p. 213.
Supreme Court of United States.
JUSTICE THOMAS delivered the opinion of the Court.
In Lindh v. Murphy,521 U.S. 320 (1997), we held that amendments made to chapter 153 of Title 28 of the United States Code by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), 110 Stat. 1214, do not apply to cases pending in federal court on April 24, 1996 — AEDPA's effective date. In this case we consider when a capital habeas case becomes "pending...
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