Legal Opinion
Donald Ray Wells v. Manfred Maass, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 7, 1994No. 92-36861PublishedCited by 155 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge REINHARDT; Concurrence and Dissent by Judge FERNANDEZ.
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
Donald Ray Wells, an Oregon state prisoner, appeals the district court’s dismissal of his petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In his petition, Wells argues (1) that he was denied effective assistance of counsel; (2) that the state engaged in prose-cutorial misconduct by entering into an unenforceable agreement that any sentences arising from his state convictions would run concurrently with his federal sentences; and (3) that this unenforceable agreement rendered his guilty plea…
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