For almost half a century the federal courts have sought to ensure that state criminal
defendants are convicted and sentenced in accordance with the Constitution. As a means to …

LABAT v. BENNETT 365 F.2d 698 (1966) Edgar LABAT and Clifton Alton Poret, Appellants,
v. Robert B. BENNETT, Acting Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Appellee. No. 22218. …

7. Geagan v. Gavin, 181 F. Supp. 466, 469 (D. Mass. 1960)(Wyzanski, J.), affirmed, 292 F.
2d 244 (1st Cir. 1961), cert. denied, 370 US 903 (1962). 8. Fay v. Noia, 372 US 391, 438 …

Federal district courts, in the exercise of their habeas corpus jurisdiction, have been called
upon to perform significant institutional functions. They have virtually become the Supreme …

Magna Charta of 1215, which states:" No freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned... but by
lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land."'English common law has long …

Though federal review of state convictions has been available from the beginning (and was
indeed a review as of right for a century and a quarter), 1 it has become a significant feature …

Habeas corpus relief in the United States court system has been called" The Most Important
Human Right in the Constitution." 1 Since its modern origin with the congressional …

New developments in the area of post conviction remedies in Wisconsin demonstrate an
active concern for expediting prisoner claims and a continuing adjustment to evolving due …