Legal Opinion

Jessee Travis Rouse v. William Foster

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 1, 1982No. 81-1762PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HENLEY, Circuit Judge.

Jessee Travis Rouse, a Nebraska state prisoner serving a twenty year sentence for second degree murder, appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

On December 11, 1972 Rouse pleaded guilty to the charge of second degree murder. Before accepting the plea the trial court 1 questioned him concerning his understanding of the sentencing procedure. 2 Appellant indicated that he understood that as part of the plea agreement, each attorney would ask the court to fix the sentence at a certain limit; the agreements between defense…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. State v. TurnerNebraska Supreme Court · 1971
  4. Jimmy Frank v. Frank Blackburn, Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  5. Nathaniel Williams v. State of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Chamberlain v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1990
  2. Peter Paul Ventura, Jr. v. Larry Meachum, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
  3. Sidney Allen Worthen v. Larry R. Meachum, Director Attorney General of the State of OklahomaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
  4. Garland Ray Gregory, Jr. v. Herman Solem, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary Mark v. Meierhenry, Attorney General, State of South DakotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
  5. John Kendal Stacey v. Herman Solem, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary and Mark v. Meierhenry, Attorney General, State of South DakotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986

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