· 6/17/1987
Alexander Jenkins v. Philip Coombe, Jr.
Citations
- 821 F.2d 158
- 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 7852
How courts have described this case
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- granting a new appeal, without passing on the merits of petitioner’s underlying claims, because it was “quite possible that an [effective appellate] attorney would have found other arguments or would have been more articulate in the presentation of the case on appeal”
- new appeal ordered where state prisoner had no counsel on appeal
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Judges: Cardamone, Miner, Pollack
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