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In ''Lindh v. Murphy'', 521 U.S. 320 (1997), the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] held that the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996,<ref>110 Stat. 1214, signed into law on April 24, 1996, enacted the present 28 U.S.C. A. § 2254(d) (Supp. 1997).</ref> did not apply retroactively to a convicted murderer who ciled a petition for [[habeas corpus]] in a noncapital cases that was already pending when the Act was passed.

In '''''Lindh v. Murphy''''', 521 U.S. 320 (1997), the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] held that the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996,<ref>110 Stat. 1214, signed into law on April 24, 1996, enacted the present 28 U.S.C. A. § 2254(d) (Supp. 1997).</ref> did not apply retroactively to a convicted murderer who ciled a petition for [[habeas corpus]] in a noncapital cases that was already pending when the Act was passed.

Justice [[David Souter]] wrote the opinion for the 5-4 Court, with the majority including Justice [[Sandra Day O'Connor]].   

Justice [[David Souter]] wrote the opinion for the 5-4 Court, with the majority including Justice [[Sandra Day O'Connor]].