Legal Opinion
Burton v. Terrell
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 21, 2009No. 07-30842PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Roy Burton petitions for habeas relief, urging that he was never advised of the maximum sentence he faced under Louisiana’s manslaughter statute, rendering his plea in the state prosecution involuntary. The district court rejected Burton’s claim. We granted a certifícate of appealability to consider the voluntariness issue and now AFFIRM.
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Burton was charged with second degree murder and felony theft, and pleaded guilty to manslaughter. At the time that Burton committed his offense in April 2000, the statutory maximum sentence for manslaughter was forty…
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