Legal Opinion
United States v. Thomas Walker
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 17, 2006No. 05-1812PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Thomas Walker, an inmate at the United States Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, pleaded guilty to stabbing four correctional officers with sharpened metal rods. A few days later he had second thoughts and mailed a letter to the district court asking to withdraw one of his guilty pleas. On the day of sentencing, Walker’s attorney filed a motion to withdraw all four pleas, asserting that Walker “felt coerced” to plead guilty because the district court had denied his motion to transfer the case to Indianapolis and he did not think he could get a fair trial in Terre…
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