Legal Opinion

John Clinton Allen v. Felix Rodriguez, Acting Warden, New Mexico State Penitentiary

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided January 19, 1967No. 9062_1PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PICKETT, Circuit Judge.

In this habeas corpus proceeding, appellant Allen seeks his release from the New Mexico State Penitentiary, where he is serving concurrently a 5 to 99 year sentence for burglary, and a 3 to 25 year sentence for armed robbery. He alleges that at the time he entered a plea of guilty to the crimes charged he was not afforded fundamental constitutional rights. The case is here for the second time. On the first appeal, the judgment of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico denying relief was reversed and the case remanded for further hearing on the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Kercheval v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  2. Ruben R. Cortez v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
  3. Pearce v. CoxCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1965
  4. James Claude Lattin v. Harold A. Cox, Warden, New Mexico State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966
  5. Eugene Silva v. Harold A. Cox, Warden of the New Mexico State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1965

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Daniel Loconte v. Richard Dugger, Robert A. ButterworthCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
  2. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1969
  3. McGuffey v. TurnerDistrict Court, D. Utah · 1967
  4. United States v. UlanoDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1979
  5. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1970

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