HEAD v. WILSON

No. 13-5171.

792 F.3d 102 (2015)

James M. HEAD, Appellant v. Eric D. WILSON, Warden, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 26, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosanna M. Taormina , Assistant Federal Public Defender, argued the cause for the appellant. A.J. Kramer , Federal Public Defender, was with her on brief.

Peter S. Smith , Assistant United States Attorney, argued the cause for the appellee. Ronald C. Machen, Jr. , United States Attorney, and Elizabeth Trosman , Suzanne Grealy Curt and Thomas S. Rees , Assistant United States Attorneys, were with him on brief.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON.


In 1980, a District of Columbia (D.C.) Superior Court jury convicted James M. Head of numerous violent crimes, including first-degree murder. Thirty-two years after his conviction and nearly fifteen years after expiration of the one-year statute of limitations contained in the Antiterrorism and Effective Death...

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