Jimmy D. Maddox v. Maurice H. Sigler, Warden, Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex

Jimmy D. Maddox, a Nebraska state prisoner, entered a plea of guilty in the District Court of Buffalo County, Nebraska in 1964 to assault with intent to commit rape and armed robbery. Court-appointed counsel represented him throughout the proceedings in the Nebraska court. A third charge of kidnapping was dismissed.

Maddox filed at least two post-conviction motions in the District Court of Buffalo County, Nebraska. That court held that Maddox had not been deprived of any constitutional right and was not entitled to have the judgment of conviction set aside. The Supreme Court of Nebraska…