Justice Stevens, dissenting. The Court of Appeals’ decision denying petitioner Breard’s first application for a federal writ of habeas corpus became final on February 18, 1998. Under this Court’s Rules, a timely petition for a writ of certiorari to review that decision could have been filed as late as May 19, 1998. See Rule 13.1 (“[A] petition for a writ of certiorari to review a judgment in any case, civil or c…
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