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Arthur L. Belford v. United States

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Overruled in part
Court
Seventh Circuit
Citation
975 F.2d 310
Decided
Confirmed treatments
1
Flagged citations read
40 of 40
Citing cases (total)
40
Treatment dates
1994
Overruled in part
A reviewed court has overruled part of this case’s holding. Castellanos v. United States displaced Arthur L. Belford v. United States's requirement to show that an appeal likely would have succeeded when counsel failed to file an appeal the defendant requested. Belford's separate rules governing issues raised in a § 2255 motion continue to be applied.
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40 later cases cite Arthur L. Belford v. United States; 40 of those citations sat close to treatment language and were flagged for reading, and all of them have been read. Citations that did not sit near treatment language were not flagged and were not read one by one, so a court that weakened this case without using any of that language would not appear here.

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Treatments

Overruled in part

  • The Seventh Circuit disavowed Belford's requirement that a defendant show prejudice from counsel's failure to file a requested appeal.

    Castellanos v. United States · Seventh Circuit · filed

    To relieve the tension in our decisions, we now disavow the language of Belford and Van Russell requiring a defendant to establish prejudice from failure to appeal.
    Read the full opinion on CourtListener →

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