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Constitutional Law--The Widening Scope Of State Habeas Corpus Relief, Lester Clay Hess Jr. Apr 1965

Constitutional Law--The Widening Scope Of State Habeas Corpus Relief, Lester Clay Hess Jr.

West Virginia Law Review

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Federal Procedure: Proposed Solutions To The Problem Of Proliferation Of Petitions For The Writ Of Habeas Corpus And 28 U.S.C. 2255 Proceedings In The Federal Courts, David Pitkin, Ray Shollenbarger Jan 1965

Federal Procedure: Proposed Solutions To The Problem Of Proliferation Of Petitions For The Writ Of Habeas Corpus And 28 U.S.C. 2255 Proceedings In The Federal Courts, David Pitkin, Ray Shollenbarger

San Diego Law Review

The Writ of Habeas Corpus is a limit on arbitrary government. The proliferation of this writ has created a problem in the federal courts. The proliferation problem is due to the application of the Bill of Rights to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment, the changes in procedural rules involving hearing habeas petitions, and the fact that the doctrine of res judicata does not apply to habeas proceedings. Two U.S. Supreme Court cases dealt the final blow to this proliferation problem by requiring evidentiary hearings when a substantive constitutional question or § 2255 was presented. This Article proposes possible solutions …


Book Review, Ira Michael Heyman, Michael E. Tigar Jan 1965

Book Review, Ira Michael Heyman, Michael E. Tigar

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Note, Commonwealth Ex. Rel. Stevens V. Myers, John L. Gedid Dec 1964

Note, Commonwealth Ex. Rel. Stevens V. Myers, John L. Gedid

John L. Gedid

No abstract provided.