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· 12/10/1996

Charles Edward Hunter v. United States of America, Henry C. Bailey v. John E. Nagle, Warden, Jeff Sessions, Attorney General for the State of Alabama

Citations

  • 101 F.3d 1565
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 31852

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  • surveying the legislative history of the AEDPA and concluding that the legislative history illustrates that District Courts have the authority to issue a COA
  • examining efforts by Congress to amend the procedure for obtaining certificates for appeal in light of Judge Henry J. Friendly’s article Is Innocence Irrelevant?: Collateral Attack on Criminal Judgments, 38 U. Chi. L.Rev. 142 (1970)
  • “We begin where courts interpreting statutory and rule provisions should, with the language of the provisions.”

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Judges: Hatchett, Tjoflat, Kravitch, Anderson, Edmondson, Cox, Birch, Dubina, Black, Carnes, Barkett

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