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U.S. Code > Title 28 > Part VI > Chapter 154 > § 2262 - Mandatory stay of execution; duration; limits on stays of execution; successive petitions


Current as of: February 2010
  (a) Any application under this chapter for habeas corpus relief
under section 2254 must be filed in the appropriate district court
not later than 180 days after final State court affirmance of the
conviction and sentence on direct review or the expiration of the
time for seeking such review.
  (b) The time requirements established by subsection (a) shall be
tolled - 
    (1) from the date that a petition for certiorari is filed in
  the Supreme Court until the date of final disposition of the
  petition if a State prisoner files the petition to secure review
  by the Supreme Court of the affirmance of a capital sentence on
  direct review by the court of last resort of the State or other
  final State court decision on direct review;
    (2) from the date on which the first petition for post-
  conviction review or other collateral relief is filed until the
  final State court disposition of such petition; and
    (3) during an additional period not to exceed 30 days, if - 
      (A) a motion for an extension of time is filed in the Federal
    district court that would have jurisdiction over the case upon
    the filing of a habeas corpus application under section 2254;
    and
      (B) a showing of good cause is made for the failure to file
    the habeas corpus application within the time period
    established by this section.

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U.S. Code Provisions: Death Penalty

U.S. Code Title 18 > Part II > Chapter 228 - Death Sentence
U.S. Code Title 28 > Part VI > Chapter 154 - Special Habeas Corpus Procedures In Capital Cases

State Laws: Death Penalty

ArizonaArizona Laws > Title 13 > Chapter 7.1 - Capital Sentencing
Arizona Laws > Title 13 > Chapter 38 > Article 17 - Insanity or Pregnancy of Person Under Death Sentence
CaliforniaCalifornia Penal Code > Part 3 > Title 3 - Execution Of Death Penalty
FloridaFlorida Statutes > Chapter 27 > Part IV - Capital Collateral Representation
IllinoisIllinois Compiled Statutes > 725 ILCS 124 - Capital Crimes Litigation Act
KansasKansas Statutes > Chapter 22 > Article 40 - Execution Of Death Sentences
LouisianaLouisiana Code of Criminal Procedure > Title XXX > Chapter 3 - Sentencing In Capital Cases
New YorkNew York Laws - Correction > Article 22-B - The Death Penalty
New YorkNew York Laws > Correction > Article 22-B - The Death Penalty
North CarolinaNorth Carolina General Statutes Chapter 15 > Article 17A - Informing Jury in Case Involving Death Penalty
North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 15A > Article 100 - Capital Punishment
South DakotaSouth Dakota Laws > Title 23A > Chapter 27A - Capital Punishment
UtahUtah Code > Title 77 > Chapter 15 - Exemptions From Death Penalty In Capital Cases
VirginiaVirginia Code Title 53.1 > Chapter 13 - Death Sentences

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