SWEET v. SECRETARY, DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 05-15199.

467 F.3d 1311 (2006)

William Earl SWEET, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 23, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Todd Doss (Court-Appointed), D. Todd Doss, P.A., Lake City, FL, for Sweet.

Meredith Charbula, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondents-Appellees.

Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, and MARCUS and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.


MARCUS, Circuit Judge:

In this capital case, William Earl Sweet appeals the district court's dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Sweet argues that the district court erred in dismissing his case as untimely. After thorough review, we affirm.

I.

The essential facts of this case, which we take from the opinion of the Supreme Court of Florida affirming Sweet's conviction and sentence, are these...

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