Legal Opinion
Terry Allen Langford v. Rick Day, Acting Administrator of Corrections Division Joseph P. Mazurek, Attorney General of the State of Montana
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 14, 1997No. 95-99001PublishedCited by 524 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
Terry Allen Langford, a Montana death-row inmate, appeals the denial of his habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 and the grant of summary judgment for respondents. Langford confessed to two murders, pleaded guilty, did not present mitigating evidence at the sentencing hearing, and asked for the death penalty. Soon after being sentenced to death, however, Langford obtained new counsel and moved to withdraw his guilty pleas. The Montana state courts denied his motion to withdraw his pleas and upheld his convictions and sentences.
On appeal, Langford argues…
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