· 6/1/2007
Ex Parte Ward
Citations
- 46 So. 3d 888
- 2007 Ala. LEXIS 1098
- 2007 WL 7300011
How courts have described this case
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- holding that equitable tolling applies to the one-year limitations period on petitions for postconviction review under ALA. R. CRIM. P. 32
- stating that equitable tolling applies in circumstances where “principles of equity would make the rigid application of a limitation period unfair”
- noting confusion in the Alabama lower courts over whether Rule 32.2(c) is jurisdictional
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Judges: See, Lyons, Woodall, Stuart, Smith, Bolin, Parker, Murdock, Cobb
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