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· 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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