Legal Opinion
Davis v. Rapelje
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided July 3, 2014No. Case No. 13-13610PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AND DENYING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY
LAURIE J. MICHELSON, District Judge.
In 2010, Petitioner Ronie Davis was charged with, among other offenses, armed robbery. On the day his trial was set to begin, he chose to plead guilty. Davis now says that he did not really choose: he either had to go to trial with a constitutionally ineffective attorney or accept a plea deal. He further claims that his trial counsel coerced him into accepting the plea. Davis maintains that the involuntary nature of his plea warrants a writ of habe-as…
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