Theodore Willbright v. Harold J. Smith, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility, Respondent

Theodore Willbright appeals from a judgment entered on February 22, 1984, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Robert W. Sweet, Judge. In Willbright’s petition, he claimed that his plea of guilty in state court was invalid due to the judge’s failure to inquire into the factual basis for the plea. We affirm.

Background

An indictment was filed in the New York Supreme Court, Westchester County, in December, 1974, charging Willbright with murder in the second degree, kidnapping in the second degree, and possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. Subsequent to…