United States Ex Rel. Williams v. Morris

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MARSHALL, District Judge.

In United States ex rel. Baker v. Finkbeiner, 551 F.2d 180 (7th Cir. 1977), the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that the failure of the state prosecutor and trial judge to advise a state criminal defendant of a mandatory parole term which automatically attached to his sentence created a constitutional defect in his guilty plea and warranted habeas relief. Seizing upon this newly fashioned doctrine, three state prisoners seek writs of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 because their guilty pleas were allegedly tainted by the same…