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Criminal Procedure » Post-Conviction Remedies
Federal postconviction remedies and relief: with forms
1 volume. Updated annually.
Designed for attorneys who practice in the field of federal postconviction remedies, this manual contains all the basic federal statutes, federal rules of court and related reference sources essential to litigating a federal postconviction remedy proceeding. It deals at length with the six principal federal postconviction remedies for federal convicts and the federal habeas corpus remedy for state convicts. Contains relevant statutes and rules with author commentary, along with forms, appendixes and an extensive bibliography.