Goodwin v. Superintendent, Five Points Correctional Facility

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK □□ eX KEN GOODWIN, : Petitioner : ORDER AND OPINION : DENYING PETITIONER’S - against - : MOTION FOR A WRIT OF : HABEAS CORPUS SUPERINTENDENT, FIVE POINTS : CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, : 23 Civ, 6340 (AKH) Respondent. : eee eee eee eee ee eee eee ee eee X ALVIN K. HELLERSTEIN, U.S.D.J.: Petitioner Ken Goodwin petitions for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, contending that the state trial court violated his federal Constitutional rights by not obtaining his personal assent on the record to withdrawing his guilty plea, as well…