Legal Opinion
George Brown, Jr. v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 29, 1970No. 13810PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIDENER, District Judge:
This case raises the issue of whether a trial judge’s participation in plea bargaining negotiations vitiates the voluntariness of a subsequent guilty plea. The district court held that a state prisoner’s plea of guilty was voluntary notwithstanding the fact that the record made it clear that the trial judge had entered into the plea bargaining negotiations. We affirm the decision of the district court.
On April 29, 1957, Emma Marion Harper, and her husband, Charles Hamilton Harper, were robbed in Essex County, Virginia. The robber was armed with a revolver. Mr. Harper…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Sanders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Robert J. Grundler and Joseph L. Jelly v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- J. Paul Shelton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- United States of America Ex Rel. John McGrath v. J. E. Lavallee, Warden of Clinton Prison, Dannemora, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by27 opinions
- United States v. James Edwards AdamsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. Honorable Henry F. Werker, United States District Judge, United States of America v. Harry Santos-FigueroaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Roy Harding Gallington and Wilbur Eugene StreeterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- Carlos Molina v. Richard H. Rison, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- German v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
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