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Building The Infrastructure For "Justice Through Science": The Texas Model, Sandra Guerra Thompson, Nicole Bremner Cásarez Dec 2016

Building The Infrastructure For "Justice Through Science": The Texas Model, Sandra Guerra Thompson, Nicole Bremner Cásarez

West Virginia Law Review

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Waiver Under The West Virginia Habeas Corpus Act, Gene R. Nichol Jr. Apr 1979

Waiver Under The West Virginia Habeas Corpus Act, Gene R. Nichol Jr.

West Virginia Law Review

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Finality And Habeas Corpus: Is The Rule That Res Judicata May Not Apply To Habeas Corpus Or Motion To Vacate Still Viable, Marilyn L. Kelley Dec 1975

Finality And Habeas Corpus: Is The Rule That Res Judicata May Not Apply To Habeas Corpus Or Motion To Vacate Still Viable, Marilyn L. Kelley

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Criminal Procedure--Post-Conviction Right To Counsel, Thomas W. Smith Apr 1975

Criminal Procedure--Post-Conviction Right To Counsel, Thomas W. Smith

West Virginia Law Review

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Criminal Procedure--Habeas Corpus--Federal Jurisdiction Expanded, Charles J. Kaiser Feb 1974

Criminal Procedure--Habeas Corpus--Federal Jurisdiction Expanded, Charles J. Kaiser

West Virginia Law Review

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Criminal Procedure--Habeas Corpus--Waiver Of Relief Under The West Virginia Post-Conviction Habeas Corpus Act, Steven E. Deems Feb 1974

Criminal Procedure--Habeas Corpus--Waiver Of Relief Under The West Virginia Post-Conviction Habeas Corpus Act, Steven E. Deems

West Virginia Law Review

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Habeas Corpus In West Virginia, Fred L. Fox Ii Apr 1967

Habeas Corpus In West Virginia, Fred L. Fox Ii

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Post-Conviction Relief For Federal Prisoners: A Survey And A Suggestion Under 28 U.S.C. 2255, Gerald F. Uelmen Apr 1967

Post-Conviction Relief For Federal Prisoners: A Survey And A Suggestion Under 28 U.S.C. 2255, Gerald F. Uelmen

West Virginia Law Review

In answer to the complaints of numerous federal judges that they were being engulfed by a flood of habeas corpus petitions, Congress in 1948 enacted a complete revision of the habeas corpus provisions of the Judicial Code. Part of this revision was title 28, section 2255, of the United States Code which "restates, clarifies and simplifies the procedure in the nature of the ancient writ of error coram nobis." Adopted upon the recommendation of the Judicial Conference of the United States, its declared purpose was to provide "an expeditious remedy for correcting erroneous sentences without resort to habeas corpus." The …


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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The New Scope Of Federal Habeas Corpus For State Prisoners, Willard D. Lorensen Jun 1963

The New Scope Of Federal Habeas Corpus For State Prisoners, Willard D. Lorensen

West Virginia Law Review

The year 1963 may be marked as another milestone in the evolution of the federal writ of habeas corpus. Two recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court have resolved with long needed clarity two threshold problems that face a district court when application for the writ comes from a state prisoner: (1) what issues may be raised and (2) what effect is to be given previous state court consideration of these same issues. Though storms of protest resounded a decade ago about abuse of the writ, the habeas corpus scene in more recent years has been relatively quiet. While …


Criminal Law--Habeus Corpus--Lack Of Jurisdiction Resulting From Failure To Comply With Habitual Criminal Statute, D. L. Mcc. Dec 1957

Criminal Law--Habeus Corpus--Lack Of Jurisdiction Resulting From Failure To Comply With Habitual Criminal Statute, D. L. Mcc.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.