Legal Opinion
Vincent Caputo v. Robert J. Henderson, Superintendent, Auburn Correctional Facility
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 3, 1976No. 944, Docket 76-2009PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESKILL, Circuit Judge.
Vincent Caputo appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Weinstein, J., denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On appeal, Caputo contends that his guilty pleas in a state criminal prosecution must be vacated as neither voluntarily nor knowingly entered because the trial court misinformed him about sentencing alternatives just prior to his entering his plea. Because we perceive no clear error in Judge Weinstein’s conclusion, found after an evidentiary hearing, that appellant did not in fact rely on the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- McCarthy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Henderson v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Halliday v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- Vincent Hunter v. Walter T. Fogg, Superintendent of Eastern Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Angeles Ramonita GarciaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
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