Davis v. U.S., No. 72-1454 (U.S. Supreme Court) (417 U.S. 333; 94 S.Ct. 2298) (June 10, 1974) (Justice Stewart)
This case involved the availability of collateral relief from a federal criminal conviction based upon an intervening change in substantive law. Here, the petitioner's conviction (for refusing induction into the U.S. armed forces) was potentially invalid due to an intervening change in the law based on the Supreme Court's decision ...
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