United States of America Ex Rel. Carrie Jean Heral v. Gayle Franzen

SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner, Carrie Jean Heral, raises two issues on appeal from the district court’s denial of her petition for habeas corpus. First, Heral alleges that the failure of her counsel to notify the trial court that she had attempted suicide three days before she entered a guilty plea constituted ineffective assistance of counsel. Second, she maintains that a determination of her competence to enter a guilty plea required a specific ruling, separate from the determination that she was competent to stand trial. We reject both of these arguments and affirm the order of…