Legal Opinion
Almanzar v. Maloney
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 25, 2002No. 01-1856PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge.
Appellant David Almanzar (“Petitioner”) appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Specifically, Al-manzar argues that he is entitled to a new trial because his jury-waived trial was, in effect, a guilty plea, and as such, the judge’s colloquy failed to satisfy minimum constitutional requirements. We affirm.
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In March 1995, Almanzar was indicted for trafficking in 200 or more grams of cocaine and for possession of heroin with the intent to distribute. He challenged the constitutionality of the search yielding the narcotics, but his pretrial…
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