Ray v. Rose

MEMORANDUM

MORTON, District Judge.

This is a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. While petitioner raises a myriad of issues in his massive pleadings, the central and determinative issue is whether petitioner, on March 10, 1969, voluntarily, knowingly, and intelligently entered a plea of guilty to the first degree murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. If petitioner did enter a voluntary, knowing and intelligent guilty plea while represented by competent counsel, then any and all non-j urisdietional defects raised by this petition were waived. United States v. Cox,…