Knopf Draft of Insufficiency of Evidence Claim 3
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February 22, 1983
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Case Files, Bozeman & Wilder Working Files. Knopf Draft of Insufficiency of Evidence Claim 3, 1983. b91d7d61-f092-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/bd477695-94a9-4505-9b0c-ea97ece1cb0c/knopf-draft-of-insufficiency-of-evidence-claim-3. Accessed December 04, 2025.
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