Charles Miller Moore v. Harold R. Swenson, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary

We review here the District Court’s finding, 360 F.Supp. 583, that the petitioner’s pleas of guilty to first degree murder and first degree robbery were voluntarily made on advice of counsel with a full awareness of the consequences of the pleas. After a careful review of the record, we are satisfied that this finding is not clearly erroneous. See, Crowe v. South Dakota, 484 F.2d 1359 (8th Cir. 1973); Crosswhite v. Swen-son, 444 F.2d 648 (8th Cir. 1971), cert, denied, 405 U.S. 1042, 92 S.Ct. 1320, 31 L.Ed.2d 584 (1972).

It seems clear from the record that the petitioner entered the pleas to…