The Texas appellate courts rejected Rummel's appeal of the conviction as well as subsequent collateral attacks on his sentence.
This system is unique to the United States; no such collateral attack is allowed on a criminal conviction in England, for example, where the writ of habeas corpus originated.
And, like wiretap orders, referral orders could not be immune from collateral attack or appellate review.
Thirdly, many collateral attacks, especially claims for damages, are likely to raise factual issues.
It was Jones' efforts that led to the landmark Supreme Court Moore v. Dempsey ruling that, for the first time, permitted collateral attack through habeas corpus on a state appellate court decision.
The five youthful protagonists of G-Force protect Earth from the evil planet Spectra and its villainous, masked commander Zoltar, and from assorted collateral attacks out of the depths of space.
In other words, her marriage is not subject to collateral attack.
In the Estate of Gregorson, 160 Cal., 61, it is held that a void marriage is subject to collateral attack.
The commission rejected that argument today, calling it a "collateral attack" on past rulings.
The Tison brothers brought a collateral attack on their sentences, claiming that Enmund required their death sentences to be struck down.