Legal Opinion
Anderson v. Warden of Powhatan Correction Center
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 11, 1981No. Record No. 801591PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCompton, J.
In this habeas corpus appeal, a convict mounts a collateral attack on his felony conviction entered upon a plea of guilty. He alleges he was denied effective assistance of counsel and, as a result, his plea was involuntary. We reject the prisoner’s challenge because the allegations and proof in support of his plea for habeas relief are contrary to the representations he made at the time of his trial when his guilty plea was accepted.
On May 13, 1979, Angel Manuel Anderson was arrested and charged with the rape on that day in Fairfax County of an 18-year-old female. On the next day, based upon…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Stanley Eugene Crawford v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
- Herman Mathew via v. Superintendent, Powhatan Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981
- Robert Mitchell Edwards v. Warden Sam P. Garrison, Central Prison, Raleigh, N.C., and State of North Carolina, Donald Bynum Bass v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
- Clifton Ray Jones v. John Taylor and State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Russel William Burket v. Ronald Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2000
- Thomas Lee Royal, Jr. v. John B. Taylor, Warden, Sussex I State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1999
- Gregory Warren Beaver v. Charles E. Thompson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996
- James Edward Reid v. Page True, Warden, Sussex I State Prison, James Edward Reid v. Page True, Warden, Sussex I State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2003
- Percy Levar Walton v. Ronald J. AngeloneCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2003
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