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Supreme Court· 1/7/1952

United States v. Hayman

Citations

  • 342 U.S. 205
  • 72 S. Ct. 263
  • 96 L. Ed. 2d 232
  • 1952 U.S. LEXIS 2560
  • 96 L. Ed. 232

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that, because habeas remained available as a last resort, it was unnecessary to “reach constitutional questions”
  • noting that “a proceeding under Section 2255 is an independent and collateral inquiry into the validity of the conviction”
  • explaining that § 2255 was enacted as a functional equivalent for habeas corpus to allow federal prisoners to bring a collateral attack in the court that imposed the sentence rather than a court that happened to be near the prison
  • explaining that § 2255 was enacted as a functional equivalent for habeas corpus to allow federal prisoners to bring a collateral attack in the court that imposed the sentence rather than a court that happened to be near the prison
  • explaining that § 2255 directs post-conviction litigation to the district of conviction to avoid the practical problems that existed before § 2255, when all litigation was brought by a writ of habeas corpus in the district of confinement
  • explaining that § 2255 directs post-conviction litigation to the district of conviction to avoid the practical problems that existed before § 2255, when all litigation was brought by a writ of habeas corpus in the district of confinement

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Judges: Vinson, Black, Douglas, Minton

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Cites

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