Legal Opinion
Phillips v. Oconee County
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided October 14, 1969No. Civ. A. No. 69-497PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
DONALD RUSSELL, District Judge.
Petitioner, a State prisoner serving a twenty-five-year sentence imposed following a guilty plea entered on November 10, 1965, to a charge of rape,1 seeks relief in habeas corpus, contending that his plea was involuntary.
He has heretofore been denied relief by way of habeas corpus proceedings in the State Court.
In his State Court habeas corpus proceeding, filed September 27, 1966, petitioner based his claim of involuntariness in his plea on two contentions: (1) That it was forced by the threat of his counsel to withdraw and he “would have no…
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- United States v. Leroy KendrickCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- Henry C. Alford v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Phillips v. SingletaryDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1972