Wainwright v. Coonts’s Empirical Analysis

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9 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions

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1. ““ * * * Concededly, illiterates are likely to be among those most in need of help, and the exception made by the Florida regulation in such instances is desirable. But we cannot agree that illiterates, either total or func tional, are the only inmates in need of assistance in the preparation of petitions for post-conviction relief. It is apparent, and we will not belabor the point, that a high percentage of inmates who are literate but ‘whose educational attainments are slight, and whose intelligence is limited.’ Johnson v. Avery, supra, at 487 , 89 S.Ct. at 750 , may be entirely incapable of pursuing their post-conviction remedies without the assistance of a third person.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 325 F. Supp. 1028 - United States Ex Rel. Stevenson v. Mancusi

2. ““[T]he initial burden of presenting a claim to post-conviction relief usually rests upon the indigent prisoner himself with such help as he can obtain within the prison walls or the prison system. In the case of all except those who are able to help themselves — usually a few old hands or exceptionally gifted prisoners — the prisoner is, in effect, denied access to the courts unless such help is available.” Johnson v. Avery, supra, at 488 , 89 S.Ct. at 750 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 325 F. Supp. 1028 - United States Ex Rel. Stevenson v. Mancusi