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United States procedural defaultguilty pleaactual innocence

Bousley v. United States

523 U.S. 614 (1998)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtSupreme Court of the United States
Year1998
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A defendant who procedurally defaulted a challenge to the validity of his guilty plea (here, after the Supreme Court reinterpreted the offense's elements) may raise it on Section 2255 collateral review only by showing either cause and actual prejudice or actual (factual) innocence.

Area of Law

General

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