Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Smith
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided November 10, 1997No. Civ. A. AMD96-3602PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
DAVIS, District Judge.
Petitioner Joseph R. Johnson, a Maryland prison inmate, has filed the instant petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, seeking relief from his 1988 conviction for daytime housebreaking, based on his guilty plea, in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. For the reasons set forth below, the petition is denied.
I.FACTS & PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On May 18, 1988, Johnson entered an Alford 1 plea in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City to the charge of daytime housebreaking. Pursuant to this plea, the court (1) sentenced Johnson to eight years, all…
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