Legal Opinion
Vincent Hunter v. Walter T. Fogg, Superintendent of Eastern Correctional Facility
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 15, 1980No. 226, Docket 79-2095PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal from a judgment granting a state prisoner a writ of habeas corpus to vacate his conviction concerns a claim that a guilty plea was involuntarily entered for lack of adequate understanding about state parole opportunities.
Petitioner, Vincent Hunter, was indicted on August 16, 1974 by a New York county grand jury for second-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of John Powers. Hunter was also charged with possession of a weapon in connection with the same incident.
On June 14, 1976, Hunter pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the first degree before…
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