David R. Wiles v. Jim Jones

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

David R. Wiles, a Missouri prisoner, appeals from the district court’s 1 order dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition. We affirm.

The State charged Wiles with two counts of capital murder after he confessed to killing his wife and child. The parties entered a written plea agreement pursuant to which the State reduced the charges to second-degree murder. Wiles agreed to plead guilty to killing his wife, and to enter an Alford 2 plea to the charge of killing his son. The agreement provided that Wiles would receive two consecutive life sentences, which would not preclude…