Court Opinion

ID: 9456367
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 19:50:41.649193+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:34:57.053446
License: Public Domain

BAZELON, Chief Judge
(concurring) :
I join in Part I of the court’s opinion on my understanding that it leaves no alternative for the district court judge in this case but to hold an evidentiary hearing promptly. Since petitioner’s assertions have been found to be neither conclusory nor “palpably incredible,” and since petitioner will be represented by counsel to aid and advise him in the presentation of his case, the possible justifications for an additional hurdle before the hearing are gone.
I share wholeheartedly the concern manifested in Part II of the court’s opinion that some means be found to provide adequate legal assistance for prison inmates who wish to attack their sentences collaterally.