Legal Opinion
Abraham Wallace v. R v. Turner, Superintendent, Glades Correction Institute, and the Attorney General of Florida
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 14, 1983No. 81-6225PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
The district court granted habeas corpus relief to Abraham Wallace on the ground that a state trial court violated his constitutional right to due process by accepting a plea of nolo contendere to a charge of second degree murder on proffered evidence that the state court thought would support only a manslaughter conviction. Wallace v. Turner, 525 F.Supp. 1072 (S.D. Fla.1981). We reverse, holding that a state court judge does not violate a defendant’s constitutional rights by accepting a knowing and voluntary nolo contendere plea without a factual basis for the plea. We…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- McCarthy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Jimmy Frank v. Frank Blackburn, Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by60 opinions
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