Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Lloyd Grover Black, H-1955 v. H. E. Russell, Superintendent
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 11, 1970No. 18487PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FREEDMAN, Circuit Judge:
The district court held an evidentiary hearing at which petitioner was repre sented by counsel and denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus attacking his conviction and sentence to imprisonment for second degree murder entered after a plea of guilty.
Two issues are raised by the appeal. One is that petitioner’s plea of guilty to murder was not knowingly and intelligently entered. The other is that he was deprived of his right of appeal by the default of his counsel.
1. The district court analyzed the case on the basis of the factors discussed…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Parker v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Commonwealth v. WaltersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- United States of America Ex Rel. Albert B. Crosby v. Joseph R. Brierley, Superintendent, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Merle Ray Winford v. Harold R. SwensonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Peterson v. State of MissouriDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1973
- Herbert F. Smith, Jr. v. Howard Yeager, Warden, New Jersey State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- Robert Virgil Yarnal, C-7764 v. Joseph R. BrierleyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- Commonwealth v. AcostaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
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