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Habeas Hints: 2012 Supreme Court Habeas Highlights: Plea Bargaining Cases
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2012
by Kent A. Russell
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2012, page 18
by Kent Russell
Filed under:
Disciplinary Hearings,
Guilty Pleas,
Appointment of Counsel,
Attorney Misconduct,
Malpractice (Attorneys),
Habeas Corpus.
Location:
United States of America.
This column provides “habeas hints” to prisoners who are considering or handling habeas corpus petitions as their own attorneys (“in pro per”). The focus of the column is on “AEDPA” (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act), the federal habeas corpus law which now governs habeas corpus practice ...
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