JOHNSON v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Nos. 07-12115, 07-12155.

513 F.3d 1328 (2008)

Ronnie JOHNSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, James McDonough, Secretary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 17, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Garret White (Court-Appointed), Miami, FL, for Johnson.

Sandra Sue Jaggard, Miami, FL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before DUBINA, BARKETT and HULL, Circuit Judges.


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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