NCJ Number
10627
Journal
Trial Volume: 9 Issue: 3 Dated: (MAY/JUNE 1973) Pages: 40 & 43
Date Published
1973
Length
2 pages
Annotation
THE ADMINISTRATOR OF LEAA GIVES HIS OPINION OF THE PRESENT STATE OF THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AND SUPPORTS A SENATE BILL WHICH WOULD LIMIT ITS USE.
Abstract
THE BILL WOULD LIMIT A STATE PRISONER'S COLLATERAL RELIEF IN THE FEDERAL COURTS TO CLAIMS OF CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATION, WHICH RELATE TO THE RELIABILITY OF EITHER THE FACT-FINDING PROCESS AT TRIAL OR THE APPELLATE PROCESS, THAT IS, CLAIMS WHICH CANNOT BE CORRECTED THROUGH THE TRIAL AND APPELLATE PROCESSES THEMSELVES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)