Legal Opinion
William John Wacht v. Harold J. Cardwell and the Attorney General of the State of Arizona
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 24, 1979No. 78-2258PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
Wacht appeals the denial of his habeas corpus petition. He claims that the state trial judge failed to inform him of his ineligibility for parole when he pled guilty. This, according to Wacht, means that his guilty plea was neither intelligently nor voluntarily made. We find that Wacht has failed to make sufficient factual allegations which would entitle him to any relief, arid affirm the denial of his habeas petition.
On October 30,1973, Wacht pled guilty to transportation of narcotics in violation of Ar.Rev.Stat. § 36-1002.02. The penalty provisions of this…
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