Federal Postconviction Relief

Authors

Donald E. Wilkes Jr., University of Georgia School of LawFollow

Search and Seizure Law Report, Vol. 4, No. 3 (March 1977), pp. 1-4

Abstract

A provision of the federal habeas corpus statute, 28 U.S.C. §2254(a) (1970), authorizes federal district courts to grant habeas corpus relief to persons detained pursuant to a state court judgment whenever the detention is in violation of federal law. But does §2254(a) authorize federal courts to grant habeas corpus relief to state prisoners convicted on the basis of evidence seized in violation of the Fourth Amendment?

Repository Citation

Donald E. Wilkes Jr., Federal Postconviction Relief (1977),
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/fac_artchop/513