Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Law Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

PDF

Criminal procedure

West Virginia Law Review

1967

Articles 1 - 2 of 2

Full-Text Articles in Law

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 …


The Disclosure To Defense Of Presentence Reports In West Virginia, Willard D. Lorensen Feb 1967

The Disclosure To Defense Of Presentence Reports In West Virginia, Willard D. Lorensen

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.