Legal Opinion

Burrow v. Hoskin

District Court, M.D. Tennessee

Decided March 12, 1990No. 3:90:0013Published

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM

JOHN T. NIXON, District Judge.

The Court is in receipt of the petitioner’s petition for habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241(c) and 2254(a).

FACTS

The petitioner is presently serving a life sentence at the Middle Tennessee Reception Center. The petitioner alleges that he received his life sentence based upon prior *967guilty pleas which were not entered intelligently and voluntarily due to the failure of the state court to notify the petitioner that the guilty pleas could be used against the petitioner in the future to convict the petitioner of being an . habitual criminal.

DIS…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Anderson v. HarlessSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Ex Parte RoyallSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  4. Ex Parte HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  5. Nelson v. GeorgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1970

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