Legal Opinion
Vernard Miles, Jr. v. Donald A. Dorsey, Warden Attorney General of the State of New Mexico
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 1, 1995No. 94-2055PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Vernard Miles, Jr., appeals the district court’s order dismissing with prejudice his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner seeks review of a state judgment of conviction entered on his no contest plea to one count of murder and two counts of first degree criminal sexual penetration, arguing that his plea was involuntary, he was incompetent to plea, and that he was denied effective assistance of counsel. We exercise jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.
The extensive record before us reveals the following facts. On August…
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