HULL, Circuit Judge:
Ronnie Johnson, a state prisoner under two death sentences, filed a pair of 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petitions, one attacking his first sentence, the other attacking his second. In separate orders, the district court dismissed each petition as untimely. We consolidated Johnson's appeals. After review and oral argument, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
On March 11, 1989, Johnson murdered laundromat, owner Tequila Larkins, a hired killing...
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