Legal Opinion
State v. Valentine
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 8, 1971No. 51603PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON WRITS OF CERTIORARI, PROHIBITION AND MANDAMUS
McCALEB, Chief Justice.
Robert Valentine, at the time of his trial in 1956 on a charge of aggravated rape (a capital offense) appeared in court accompanied by his counsel, withdrew his plea of not guilty, and, with the consent of the State, voluntarily entered a plea of guilty to the charge. The judge then imposed a sentence of life imprisonment in the Louisiana State Penitentiary.
In 1971 Valentine filed a writ of habeas corpus in the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans, alleging that his conviction and sentence under his guilty…
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