United States Ninth Circuit

Statute of limitations for filing habeas petition for ineffective assistance of counsel alleging failure to investigate conversation between prosecution witness and juror begins to run upon defendant's discovery of the romantic relationship between witness and juror.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/16/2001
• Decided 06/22/2001
• Published 06/22/2001

Judges

• Before:  HUG, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and SHADUR, Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jolie Lipsig, Sacramento California, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Eric Share, Deputy Attorney General and Matthew P. Boyle, Deputy Attorney General, San Francisco California, for the respondent-appellee.