Legal Opinion

David McChesney v. C. Murray Henderson, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 26, 1973No. 72-3743PublishedCited by 106 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

David McChesney seeks a writ of habeas corpus from a conviction on his plea of guilty in a Louisiana state court to a charge of armed robbery. He contends that the writ should be granted because he was not fully advised at the time of his guilty plea by counsel or the court that he was effectively waiving his constitutional rights under Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238, 89 S.Ct. 1709, 23 L.Ed.2d 274 (1969), and also because he was not advised that the effect of his plea would be confinement for the entire period of his sentence without parole. 1

He has exhausted state…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. McCarthy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Parker v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970

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3Cited by106 opinions

  1. State v. BallardOhio Supreme Court · 1981
  2. People v. HowardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1992
  3. Wood v. MorrisWashington Supreme Court · 1976
  4. State v. RobicheauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  5. Claude Francis Roddy, Jr. v. Harold E. Black, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975

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