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· 11/30/1989

In re McCurdy

Citations

  • 18 Va. Cir. 300
  • 1989 Va. Cir. LEXIS 328

How courts have described this case

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  • ruling that amended petition did not relate back because “[t]he issue of whether the drug amounts were correctly determined at [defendant]'s sentencing is unrelated to the issue of whether his appellate counsel was ineffective”
  • explaining that “[a] party cannot amend a § 2255 petition to add a completely new claim after the statute of limitations has expired”

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Judges: Fitzpatrick

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