Holland v. Florida

Holland v. Florida

Argued March 1, 2010
Decided June 14, 2010
Full case name Albert Holland, Petitioner v. Florida
Citations

560 U.S. 631 (more)

Court membership
Chief Justice
John G. Roberts
Case opinions
Majority Breyer, joined by Roberts, Stevens, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor
Concurrence Alito
Dissent Scalia, joined by Thomas (all but part I)
Laws applied
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996

Holland v. Florida, 560 U.S. 631 (2010), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the statute of limitations under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act is subject to equitable tolling in appropriate cases.

Background

The case arose from a prosecution for the murder of police officer Scott Winters and the sexual assault of Thelma Johnson by Albert Holland.

On July 29, 1990, Holland attacked Johnson in Pompano Beach, Florida, rendering her semiconscious and inflicting severe head wounds. He ran off after a witness interrupted the attack, but was later found by K-9 patrol officer Scott Winters of the Pompano Beach Police Department. Holland grabbed Winters's gun and fatally shot Winters in the groin and lower stomach.[1] Holland was later convicted of first-degree murder, armed robbery, attempted sexual battery, and attempted first-degree murder.[2]

Opinion of the Court

Associate Justice Stephen Breyer authored the majority opinion.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Holland v. State, 773 So. 2d 1065 (Fla. 2000).
  2. ↑ Holland v. State , 916 So. 2d 750 (Fla. 2005).
  3. ↑ "Slip opinion, Holland v. Florida" (PDF). 2010-06-14. Retrieved 2016-05-08.

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