Legal Opinion
Allen v. Thomas
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 24, 1998No. 96-9050PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
This case presents the question of whether appellant Jody Allen waived his right to seek federal habeas corpus review of his state court conviction when, as part of a plea bargain, he agreed not to seek “parole, commutation of his sentence, reprieve, or any other form of relief from life imprisonment.” Because we conclude that Allen did not thereby knowingly and intelligently waive his right to seek federal habeas corpus review of his conviction, we reverse the district court’s judgment and remand for consideration of Allen’s petition.
I. BACKGROUND
In 1984, Jody Allen and…
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