Legal Opinion
Michael Wayne Riggs v. J.W. Fairman, Jr., Warden
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 7, 2005No. 02-55185PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge RAWLINSON; Dissent by Judge BEA.
*1181RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge.
Following a jury trial, California state prisoner Michael Wayne Riggs (Riggs) filed a habeas petition seeking to set aside his conviction on the basis that he was denied effective assistance of counsel during the plea bargaining stage of his criminal prosecution. The district court ruled that Riggs’ attorney’s failure to inform him that California’s “three strikes” law might apply to his case constituted ineffective assistance of counsel. The district court vacated Riggs’ conviction and sentence and ordered the parties…
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