555 U.S. 113 (2009) Cited 1,892 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that because the state appellate court granted the petitioner's out of time appeal and reopened the direct review proceedings it reopened the limitations period under § 2244(d), which "carries out AEDPA's goal of promoting comity, finality, and federalism by giving state courts the first opportunity to review claim, and to correct any constitutional violation in the first instance" (alteration in original)