In a murder prosecution, dismissal of petitioner's habeas petition as untimely is vacated where petitioner's mental illness could serve as a ground for equitable tolling of the one-year statute of limitations for filing habeas petitions prescribed by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act.
Read Bolarinwa v. Williams, No. 08-0832
Appellate Information
Argued: November 18, 2009
Decided: January 28, 2010
Judges
Opinion by Judge Katzmann
Counsel
For Appellant:
Theodore S. Green, Green & Willstatter, White Plains, NY
For Appellee:
Ashlyn Dannelly, Assistant Attorney General, New York, NY