Terry Lynn King v. Michael Dutton, Warden

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Terry Lynn King appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He claims that his guilty plea was involuntary because he was not informed that the state could use the resulting conviction as an aggravating circumstance in the sentencing for an unrelated but pending murder charge. We hold that such use is a collateral consequence of the plea, about which King need not be advised in order for his plea to be found voluntary.

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King and Randall Sexton were arrested in Knox County, Tennessee, in August 1983 for the murder of Diana Kay…