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Federal Procedure-Appellate Practice-"Excusable Neglect" In Failing To Perfect Criminal Appeal Provides No Ground For Collateral Review Of Conviction, H. C. Snyder Jr.
Federal Procedure-Appellate Practice-"Excusable Neglect" In Failing To Perfect Criminal Appeal Provides No Ground For Collateral Review Of Conviction, H. C. Snyder Jr.
Michigan Law Review
After the ten-day period for filing a notice of appeal from a federal criminal conviction had expired, defendant filed a motion under section 2255 of the Judicial Code to set aside his sentence under a conviction for armed robbery. The motion was based on the improper admission of a confession given during an allegedly unlawful detention. The district court denied the motion on the ground that the error asserted did not amount to a denial of a constitutional right and that only constitutional defects are subject to attack after the time for an appeal has expired. The District of Columbia …
Constitutional Law - Post-Conviction Due Process - Right Of Indigent To Review Of Non-Constitutional Trial Errors, Robert C. Casad S.Ed.
Constitutional Law - Post-Conviction Due Process - Right Of Indigent To Review Of Non-Constitutional Trial Errors, Robert C. Casad S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
The purpose of this comment is to examine a new development. in post-conviction due process: Griffin v. Illinois. This case announces a new principle of constitutional right under the Fourteenth Amendment based on an almost indistinguishable combination of due process and equal protection elements.