Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit June 29, 2000, 99-30759 (Elmore J. Williams v. Burl Cain)

ROSENTHAL, District Judge:

Elmore-Williams was convicted of second degree murder in Louisiana state court in 1989. He received a life sentence, without the possibility of parole. His direct appeals concluded without success in 1991. He appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 as time-barred.

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