Legal Opinion
Daniel Loconte v. Richard Dugger, Robert A. Butterworth
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 20, 1988No. 87-3538PublishedCited by 566 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALLGOOD, Senior District Judge:
The appellant, Daniel LoConte, appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On June 27, 1975, he pled guilty to and was convicted of the offense of first degree murder, and was sentenced to life in prison subject to Florida’s minimum mandatory twenty-five year prison term. The petition for habeas relief filed in the district court and on appeal here asserts two grounds for relief: first, that the petitioner’s guilty plea was not knowing, intelligent, and voluntary; and second, that he did not…
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