Legal Opinion
Kent Oppel v. Larry R. Meachum, Commissioner of Correction
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 22, 1988No. 1116, Docket 88-2069PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Per curiam
Respondents Larry R. Meachum, Commissioner of Correction, and George Bronson, Warden, appeal from a judgment of the District Court for the District of Connecticut (T.F. Gilroy Daly, Chief Judge) granting the petition of Kent Oppel for a writ of habeas corpus. Oppel v. Lopes, 677 F.Supp. 86 (D.Conn.1987). The petition challenged Oppel’s state court conviction and sentence based on his plea of guilty to the crime of murder. The principal issue is whether a federal habeas court should presume that a defendant has been informed by his attorney of the elements of the crime charged where the…
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