GREENE v. PALAKOVICH

No. 07-2163.

606 F.3d 85 (2010)

Eric GREENE also known as Jarmaine Q. Trice v. John A. PALAKOVICH; The District Attorney of The Philadelphia County; The Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania Eric Greene, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: May 28, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Isabel K. McGinty (Argued), Highstown, NJ, Counsel for Appellant.

Susan E. Affronti (Argued), Philadelphia, PA, Counsel for Appellees.

Before: AMBRO, SMITH, and MICHEL, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

Eric Greene petitioned for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 from his state court convictions for second degree murder, robbery, and conspiracy. This appeal requires us to resolve the thorny question of what the temporal cutoff is for determining "clearly established Federal law" for purposes of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 ("AEDPA") standard of review, set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1)....

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