Legal Opinion
Cross v. Perez
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided October 4, 2011No. 11 Civ. 1186 (BMC)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER
COGAN, District Judge.
Petitioner pro se seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) in connection with his guilty plea to a charge of armed robbery. Petitioner claims that he accepted a plea offer based on his attorney’s incorrect advice as to whether a pri- or New Jersey conviction qualified him as a second violent felony offender under New York law. This case raises issues as to whether a waiver of appellate and collateral-challenge rights in connection with a guilty plea is worth the paper it is written on; the differences between federal and…
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