FEDERAL HABEAS CORPUS - WHEN STATE LAW PROVIDES FOR APPELLATE REVIEW OF SPECIFIED CONSTITUTIONAL CLAIMS AFTER A GUILTY PLEA, A DEFENDANT IS NOT FORECLOSED BY HIS GUILTY PLEA FROM PURSUING THOSE CLAIMS IN A FEDERAL...

• NCJ Number: 34992
• Journal: Brooklyn Law Review Volume: 42 Issue: 3 Dated: (WINTER 1976) Pages: 576-598
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 23 pages
• Corporate Author: Brooklyn Law School
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

REVIEW OF THE SUPREME COURT RULING IN LEFKOWITZ V NEWSOME (1975) WHICH OPENED THE DOOR TO FEDERAL HABEAS CORPUS REVIEW IN THE POST-GUILTY-PLEA APPEAL PROCESS.

Abstract

FORMER FEDERAL COURT DECISIONS CONCERNING GUILTY PLEAS AND FEDERAL HABEAS CORPUS REVIEW ARE EXAMINED. A SECTION OF THE NEW YORK CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PROVIDING FOR SUPPRESSION OF ILLEGALLY OBTAINED EVIDENCE IS ALSO DISCUSSED.