Rice v. Rivera’s Empirical Analysis

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13 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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1. “(1) at the time of conviction, settled law of this circuit or the Supreme Court established the legality of the conviction; (2) subsequent to the prisoner’s direct appeal and first [section] 2255 motion, the substantive law changed such that the conduct of which the prisoner was convicted is deemed not to be criminal; and (3) the prisoner cannot satisfy the gatekeeping provisions of [section] 2255 because the new rule is not one of constitutional law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 83 F. Supp. 3d 663 - Whitaker v. Dunbar

2. “If [a] prisoner had an unobstructed procedural shot at filing a § 2255 motion to take advantage of [certain changes in law], a § 2241 motion is unavailable to him....”). 2 . We do, however, clarify that the district court erred in stating that the district court’s prior grant of a sentence reduction pursuant to the crack cocaine amendment”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cecil Jackson v. Sara Revell

3. “the prosecutor's acceptance of a bribe, personal dislike of the victim, and dissatisfaction with the jury impaneled.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Storlie