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· 10/2/1989

McDonald v. Wayne County Road Commission

Citations

  • 493 U.S. 825

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  • indigent defendant who seeks appointment of expert is entitled to ex parte hearing on the motion
  • “[i]n general, a defendant must assert an available challenge to a sentence on direct appeal or be barred from raising the challenge in a section 2255 proceéding.”

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