Jimmy F. Smith v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of Corrections

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Jimmy F. Smith appeals pro se the district court’s denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his November 1980 Texas conviction for aggravated robbery, for which he received a twenty year sentence. Smith had originally pleaded not guilty but changed his plea during jury deliberations. Smith appeals the district court’s denial of relief, claiming (1) that his guilty plea was unknowing and involuntary because he was not informed that he was ineligible for probation when his guilty plea form intimated that probation was…