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· 2/10/1970

Joe Garrison Smith v. United States

Citations

  • 421 F.2d 1300
  • 1970 U.S. App. LEXIS 10762

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • observing that the court assumes an individual “in custody can recall sufficiently the circumstances of a non-frivolous error to frame an appropriate motion to vacate sentence”
  • observing that the court assumes an individual “in custody can recall sufficiently 19 the circumstances of a non-frivolous error to frame an appropriate motion to vacate sentence”
  • assuming, absent special circumstances, that “a man in custody can recall sufficiently the circumstances of a non-frivolous error to frame an appropriate motion to vacate sentence”

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Judges: Phillips, Cel-Ebrezze, O'Sullivan

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