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collaterally
prior
state
conviction
used
enhance
sentence
armed
career
criminal
act
case
dispositively
different
custis
presented
forum
question
issue
whether
defendant
attack
prior
conviction
constitutional
infirmity
see
slip
custis
may
attack
state
sentence
maryland
federal
habeas
review
face
uncounseled
prior
conviction
tolerable
sixth
amendment
assistance
counsel
guarantee
expose
defendant
nichols
prospect
incarceration
see
scott
illinois
today
decision
enlarges
impact
uncounseled
conviction
turns
disposition
allowing
jail
time
disposition
made
one
day
case
alone
judgment
far
heavier
weight
nichols
attack
prior
uncounseled
conviction
seeking
nichols
confine
conviction
term
incarceration
rendered
constitutional
recognizing
issue
case
like
one
presented
custis
join
justice
blackmun
dissenting
opinion
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