Legal Opinion
Morin v. Lopes
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided April 23, 1986No. Civ. No. H-84-617 (PCD)Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON PETITIONER’S OBJECTION TO MAGISTRATE’S RULING
DORSEY, District Judge.
The petitioner is a prisoner at the Connecticut Correctional Institution in Enfield, Connecticut. He is serving four concurrent life sentences, imposed on September 25, 1970, after he entered a plea of guilty to each of four counts of second degree murder. He never appealed this conviction and claims that he was never informed of his right to appeal.
On May 29, 1984, the petitioner filed for a writ of habeas corpus in this court. He maintains that his guilty plea is unconstitutional because his…
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