Legal Opinion
Charles Laplante v. Charles L. Wolff, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 24, 1975No. 74-1175PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.
Charles LaPlante appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He was convicted in 1960 upon a plea of guilty in the district court for Saunders County, Nebraska of breaking and entering with intent to steal. In 1968 he was convicted by a jury in the district court for Dodge County, Nebraska of another crime. Based in part on his 1960 conviction, he was then found to be an habitual criminal and sentenced to ten years. The 1968 conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal. 1 Subsequent thereto the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Von Moltke v. GilliesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- United States v. Robert G. WarnerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- Aaron Hodge v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Hiram Eugene Meyer v. Willis Sargent, Warden, Arkansas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- People v. VanderwerffAppellate Court of Illinois · 1978
- Leak v. GravesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1977
- Guillemette v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Irby v. WyrickDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1975
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