Ronald Julian Hanson v. Rick Passer, Chief Executive Officer, Anoka County Adult Detention Facility

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

Ronald Julian Hanson appeals from the district court’s order denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition, in which he challenged two state convictions. Hanson contends that he was denied his right to counsel in the first prosecution and. that his guilty plea in the second prosecution was not voluntary. We affirm the denial of habeas corpus relief in the second prosecution but reverse as to the first prosecution, finding a Fourteenth Amendment violation resulting from the denial of Hanson’s right to counsel.

I. BACKGROUND

Hanson, a former police officer, was charged…