On the narrow road to challenge a federal conviction, when is a vehicle “inadequate”?
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Jones involves a federal prisoner who is legally innocent – the conduct a jury found he committed isn’t a crime. 922(g) prohibits people with felony convictions from possessing a firearm. But should that fact relieve him from his 27-year prison sentence? In the Supreme Court’s habeas corpus jurisprudence, the answer is never simple.
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