Supreme Court· 2/10/1941

Walker v. Johnston

Citations

312 U.S. 275
61 S. Ct. 574
85 L. Ed. 830
1941 U.S. LEXIS 946

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holding that disputed issues of fact cannot be resolved based on affidavits and must be decided based on evidentiary hearings, “the only admissible procedure” for resolving such issues
holding that the “only admissible procedure” for habeas corpus applications when an issue of fact is presented is for the court to “issue the writ, have the petitioner produced, and hold a hearing at which evidence is received”
a habeas case in which the Supreme Court required petitioner to bear \the burden of sustaining his allegations by a preponderance of the evidence\
“On a hearing [the § 2241 petitioner has] the burden of sustaining his allegations by a preponderance of evidence.”
habeas petitioner has the \burden of sustaining his allegations by a preponderance of the evidence\
petitioner has the burden of “sustaining his allegations by a preponderance of evidence” on collateral review

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