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· 11/9/1984

Donnell Flippins v. United States

Citations

  • 747 F.2d 1089
  • 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 16829

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  • ‘Flippins’ petition for a writ of error coram nobis challenges a 1971 federal felony conviction. Flippins seeks removal of the present effects of the 1971 federal conviction under Kentucky’s persistent felony offender statute.””
  • “A fair statement of the basis for granting a writ of error coram nobis is demonstration of (1) an error of fact; (2) unknown at the time of trial; (3) of a fundamentally unjust character which probably would have altered the outcome of the challeged proceeding if it had been known.”
  • \A fair statement of the basis for granting a writ of error coram nobis is demonstration of (1) an error of fact; (2) unknown at the time of trial; (3) of a fundamentally unjust character which probably would have altered the outcome of the challeged proceeding if it had been known.\

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Judges: Jones, Contie, Gilmore

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