Duncan v. Walker, No. 00-121 (U.S. Supreme Court) (533 U.S. 167; 121 S.Ct. 2120) (June 18, 2001) (Justice O'Connor)
On April 24, 1996, most of the “limit-habeas-corpus-review” provisions of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) became effective - and the courts are still debating what Congress meant when it created some of those ambiguous and highly technical provisions. This decision resolves one of the Circuit …
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