Source: http://openjurist.org/158/f3d/1209
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2254', '§ 2244', '§ 2254', '§ 2241', '§ 2244', '§ 2254', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2244', '§ 2255']

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158 F3d 1209 Wilcox v. Florida Department of Corrections K 158 F.3d 1209
12 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. C 229
Jessie WILCOX, Petitioner-Appellant,v.FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Harry K. Singletary, Jr.,Secretary, Respondents-Appellees.
No. 97-4681Non-Argument Calendar.
Oct. 29, 1998.
Jessie Wilcox, Madison, FL, pro se.
Sandra S. Jaggard, Dept. of Legal Affairs, Miami, FL, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before ANDERSON, DUBINA and HULL, Circuit Judges.
Jessie Wilcox, a state prisoner, appeals the dismissal of his § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus as time-barred under the AEDPA's one-year provision in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d). After review, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.
On June 24, 1996, Wilcox filed his petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (the "AEDPA"), effective on April 24, 1996, governs Wilcox's petition. 28 U.S.C. § 2241 et seq.1
The AEDPA added a new subsection (d) to 28 U.S.C. § 2244, providing that a one-year time bar applies to a state prisoner's § 2254 petition.2 It also amended § 2255 to apply a similar one-year limitation to federal prisoners' § 2255 petitions. 28 U.S.C. § 2255.3 Neither § 2244(d) nor § 2255 directly addresses how the one-year deadline applies to prisoners convicted long before the AEDPA--whether the one-year limitation applies from the effective date of the AEDPA, or wheth