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· 4/20/1978

John Lee Sincox v. United States

Citations

  • 571 F.2d 876
  • 1978 U.S. App. LEXIS 11563

How courts have described this case

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  • employing \cause and prejudice\ test to evaluate effect of procedural default on § 2255 review
  • employing “cause and prejudice” test to evaluate effect of procedural default on § 2255 review
  • failure to object or appeal guilty verdict where juror expressed reasonable doubt was “inexcusable neglect” of great proportion, constituting “cause”
  • Sykes applicable to § 2255 proceedings involving \ fundamental constitutional right\
  • failure to pursue certain defenses and to explain consequences of guilty plea
  • Sykes applicable to § 2255 proceedings involving “fundamental constitutional right”

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Judges: Hill, Rubin, Vance

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