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NINO AND DAVID

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

Longtime and careful readers of our blog and Mr. David O Markus with a K's blog know that Mr. Markus has engaged in a long and continuing battle with us over Justice Antonin Scalia. Despite his Harvard education, Mr. Markus somehow clings to the belief that Justice Scalia is the best friend a criminal defense attorney has on the US Supreme Court. We have continually alleged that Scalia is a rank statist (you robed readers can click on the word for a definition) . We shall now endeavor to examine the opinion in Holland v. Florida, to see who is right. The facts are simple- Holland - a death row prisoner, had an ass for a court appointed attorney who missed the 2244 post conviction relief deadline. Out of time and seemingly out of luck, the 11th Circuit affirmed the District Court's denial of Holland's pro se request to toll the deadline...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on June 15, 2010 (boomark / email).