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Washington Law Review

1958

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Federal Habeas Corpus And Incompetence Of Counsel In State Prosecutions, Mary Ellen Hanley Sep 1958

Federal Habeas Corpus And Incompetence Of Counsel In State Prosecutions, Mary Ellen Hanley

Washington Law Review

The purpose of this comment is to examine and analyze a group of recent decisions wherein persons convicted by state courts have sought writs of habeas corpus in federal district courts on the ground that the incompetence of counsel representing them at trial worked a deprivation of rights secured by the United States Constitution.


Attorney And Client, Anon Jul 1958

Attorney And Client, Anon

Washington Law Review

Contains a summary of one case on the wilful failure to pay income taxes as grounds for disbarment.