State v. Thornton’s Empirical Analysis

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2 district · 3 state decisions

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1. “In 1958 the General Assembly enacted the Post Conviction Procedure Act.... That enactment, for the first time, created a statutory remedy under which a prisoner could collaterally challenge the conviction and sentence ... which led to his incarceration. The Post Conviction Procedure Act also provided that any party aggrieved by the final trial court order in a proceeding under the Act could file an application for leave to appeal----The purpose of the Post Conviction Procedure Act was to create a simple statutory procedure, in place of the common law habeas corpus and coram nobis remedies, for collateral attacks upon criminal convictions and sentences.... Although for constitutional reasons the General Assembly did not restrict the authority of judges to issue writs of habeas corpus, it did in the Post Conviction Procedure Act legislate with regard to appeals in habeas corpus cases.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Green v. Hutchinson