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Habeas Corpus Review Of State Trial Court Failure To Give Lesser Included Offense Instructions, Michael H. Hoffheimer
Habeas Corpus Review Of State Trial Court Failure To Give Lesser Included Offense Instructions, Michael H. Hoffheimer
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
This Note advocates that federal courts review state criminal convictions in habeas corpus proceedings when lesser included offense instructions are available under state law but were not given. Part I demonstrates that granting such review conforms to the modern jurisdictional scope of federal collateral review because failure to give the instructions undermines the fact-finding function of juries and is therefore unconstitutional. Part II analyzes the proper standard of review and determines that the federal interest in protecting the reliability of the fact-finding process should prevail over any conflicting state interest in refusing to give lesser included offense instructions. Part II …
Habeas Corpus: Its History And Its Future, Charles Alan Wright
Habeas Corpus: Its History And Its Future, Charles Alan Wright
Michigan Law Review
A Review of A Constitutional History of Habeas Corpus by William F. Duker
Criminal Procedure—Adoption Of A Total Exhaustion Rule For Mixed Writs Of Habeas Corpus, Jeannette A. Robertson
Criminal Procedure—Adoption Of A Total Exhaustion Rule For Mixed Writs Of Habeas Corpus, Jeannette A. Robertson
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review
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