Green v. State

Thompson, Justice.

In this habeas corpus case, Christopher D. Green, who is currently incarcerated in federal prison, challenges a guilty plea which he entered in 1992, and which is being used to enhance his federal sentence.1 Following a hearing, the habeas court rejected Green’s challenge. We granted Green’s application for a certificate of probable cause and posed this question: “Whether the habeas court erred in determining that petitioner knowingly and voluntarily entered a plea of guilty after waiving his constitutional rights.” We find that the habeas court did so err and, therefore, we…