Legal Opinion
Williams v. Coughlin
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided June 26, 1987No. CV-84-4148PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
PLATT, District Judge.
On March 11, 1964, petitioner pleaded guilty to two counts of murder in the second degree in satisfaction of two multicount indictments, and on May 27, 1964, he was sentenced to two concurrent terms of incarceration of twenty years to life.1 In his latest habeas corpus petition,2 Williams asserts that his conviction should be vacated because the court that accepted his guilty plea should have ordered sua sponte an examination and hearing to determine his competency to plead.
Before a court may constitutionally accept a guilty plea, the Judge must be…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Lamarco v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2018
- United States ex rel. Hardin v. PetersDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1988