GILDON v. BOWEN

No. 03-2076.

384 F.3d 883 (2004)

Jermaine GILDON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Edwin R. BOWEN, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 30, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott J. Frankel (argued), Frankel & Cohen, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Michael M. Glick, Jay Hoffmann (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before BAUER, POSNER, and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.


BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-Appellant, Jermaine Gildon, brought this habeas corpus claim under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his Illinois state conviction for first-degree murder. The district court dismissed the petition as being untimely under the one-year period of limitations pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d). Gildon appeals.

I. Background

Gildon was tried by a jury in the Circuit Court of Will County, Illinois. He was convicted of...

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