Legal Opinion
Bobby T. Griffith v. Donald Wyrick, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 8, 1975No. 75--1481PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
Bobby T. Griffith seeks federal habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on the ground, inter alia, that his plea of guilty before a Missouri state court to the offense of sodomy was involuntary. After appointment of counsel and an evidentiary hearing, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri granted the petitioner relief. 1 It ordered the petitioner’s judgment and sentence vacated, and granted the respondent one hundred and twenty days to allow the petitioner to file appropriate pleadings for specific performance of his plea bargain…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- McCarthy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- MacHibroda v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Von Moltke v. GilliesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Chamberlain v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1990
- McMahon v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1978
- Wilkins v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1991
- George Frank Lindner v. Donald W. Wyrick, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- State v. StorbakkenNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1976
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