Legal Opinion
James v. Cain
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 20, 1995No. 93-03773PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Ronnie James brought this ha-beas corpus proceeding in the Eastern District of Louisiana claiming that his guilty plea to a second degree murder charge was involuntary due to his attorney misinforming him of the sentencing results of his plea bargain. For the reasons set forth below, we find that the district court erred in dismissing this suit without prejudice. Therefore, we reverse and remand to the district court for a determination of whether James has shown that he will be prejudiced by a dismissal of this petition as abuse of the writ.
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