Forney v. Woods

SUMMARY ORDER

Petitioner-appellant Alfonso Forney appeals from a judgment of the District Court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, in which petitioner alleged that (1) his plea in state court was not knowing and voluntary, and was accepted in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, see Brady v. United States, 397 U.S. 742, 748, 90 S.Ct. 1463, 25 L.Ed.2d 747 (1970); and (2) he received ineffective assistance of counsel during his plea and sentencing proceedings in state court in violation of the Sixth Amendment to the…