Charles Lee Parker v. Fred R. Ross, Superintendent of Caledonia Correctional Unit

CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Parker is the Parker in the Brady-McMann-Parker trilogy. 1 The Supreme Court has previously rejected Parker’s contention that he should be granted a new trial and allowed to plead again because his guilty plea was the product of a coerced confession and his fear of the death penalty. Parker v. North Carolina, 397 U.S. 790, 90 S.Ct. 1458, 25 L.Ed.2d 785 (1970). Because of an adequate state ground, the Supreme Court declined to consider and left open Parker’s contention that he is belatedly entitled to withdraw his guilty plea for the reason that the indictment…