Legal Opinion
Wilbur P. Bolius v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Department of Offender Rehabilitation, State of Florida
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 29, 1979No. 78-1966PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
In this collateral proceeding, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, Wilbur P. Bolius challenges state court convictions for several felonies established by virtue of his own guilty pleas, 1 alleging that the state court should not have accepted his pleas without first conducting an adequate hearing into his men tal competency. 2 Finding a substantial question as to Bolius’s competency at the time of pleading and that sufficient evidence was- available to decide the question itself, the district court held a nunc pro tunc hearing and determined that Bolius had been competent to…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Browder v. Director, Dept. of Corrections of Ill.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Watts v. IndianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by30 opinions
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