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Habeas Corpus In West Virginia, Fred L. Fox Ii
Habeas Corpus In West Virginia, Fred L. Fox Ii
West Virginia Law Review
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Post-Conviction Relief For Federal Prisoners: A Survey And A Suggestion Under 28 U.S.C. 2255, Gerald F. Uelmen
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 …