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Pollock v. Williams

Seth J. Chandler

1. Isn't this the worst possible case for the habeas petitioner. 1) He pled guilty. Usually that waives constitutional rights. 2) Florida wasn't enforcing the presumption. 3) There's no evidence the presumption scared him. And, yet, he wins 7-2. What does that say?

2. What do you make of Justice Jackson's realism in comparison to Justice Holmes' abstractions? 

Supreme Court of the United States
322 U.S. 4, 88 L. Ed. 1095, 64 S. Ct. 792, 1944 U.S. LEXIS 1304, SCDB 1943-083
No. 345
1944-04-10

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