Barthelmio Dalli v. United States

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• no evidentiary hearing warranted where petitioner did not demonstrate that allegations could be “established] by competent evidence”
• “Mere generalities or hearsay statements will not normally entitle the applicant to a hearing . . .”
• district court “is well within [its] discretion in denying a petition when the supporting affidavit is insufficient on its face to warrant a hearing”
• a police officers’ affidavit stating that he had learned of a common practice that contra- dieted his trial testimony was hearsay
• “Mere generalities ... will not normally entitle the applicant to a hearing”

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