Legal Opinion
Christopher C. Little v. Jacqueline Crawford Frankie Sue Del Papa
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 8, 2006No. 05-15364PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENITEZ, District Judge.
Christopher Little, a Nevada state prisoner, appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Little challenges his plea to two counts of sexual assault on a minor under fourteen. He is now serving two consecutive life terms with the possibility of parole.
Little claims that: (1) he suffered ineffective assistance of counsel; (2) he was impaired by medications when he entered his plea and his counsel failed to investigate and inform the court of the same; (3) his plea was not knowing and voluntary; (4) he was denied…
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