Opinion ID: 167690
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Text: In 1999, Rucobo-Rios was convicted by a jury of felony murder, seconddegree m urder and kidnaping. He was sentenced to life in prison plus thirty-tw o years. In July 2001 the Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction, and on April 8, 2002, the Colorado Supreme Court denied his petition for a writ of certiorari. Rucobo-Rios’ § 2254 petition was filed with the district court on June 30, 2005. The district court denied the petition as barred by the one-year statute of limitations. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1) (“A 1-year period of limitation shall apply to an application for a writ of habeas corpus by a person in custody -2- pursuant to the judgment of a State court.”).