Legal Opinion
Ronald Neyland v. Frank Blackburn, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General, State of Louisiana
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 31, 1986No. 84-3491PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Neyland appeals the district court’s denial of his habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his Louisiana conviction, pursuant to his plea of guilty, of armed robbery and the related enhancement of his sentence under the Louisiana multiple offender statute. Neyland claims his plea of guilty was constitutionally invalid because the state trial court did not specifically inform him of his rights to a jury trial or against compulsory self-incrimination. He attacks his sentence enhancement primarily by asserting that his counsel’s admissions made…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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3Cited by24 opinions
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