collateral review
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 562 U.S. 545 - Wall v. Kholi · 2011Most cited · 32 citing opinions
pro *558 ceedings that challenge the lawfulness of a prior judgment, it does not follow that other proceedings may not also be described as involving "collateral review." Finally, Rhode Island contends that the purpose of the tolling provision is to allow a state prisoner to exhaust state remedies and that this purpose is not served when a prisoner's state application merely seeks sentencing leniency, a matter that cannot be raised in a federal habeas pet