Legal Opinion
Vickery v. State of South Carolina
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided November 20, 1973No. Civ. A. 72-1024PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
BLATT, District Judge.
This matter is before the court on a petition for habeas corpus filed on August 16, 1972, in which the petitioner, a state prisoner, through his diligent and extremely able court-appointed counsel, raises a substantial legal question regarding a plea of guilty to a murder charge tendered by him on February 3, 1970. Petitioner contends that it was error for the trial judge to accept his guilty plea without making a recorded determination of the petitioner’s awareness of the consequences of such a plea and the resultant waiver of the basic constitutional rights to…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by3 opinions
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