Legal Opinion
Kenneth John FALCONE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Terry STEWART, Director; Attorney General of the State of Arizona, Respondents-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 14, 1997No. 96-15755PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Per curiam
Kenneth John Falcone appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2253. We reverse.
I
On February 23, 1990, Falcone entered two guilty pleas in Arizona Superior Court, in case number CR-89-08697 (“the -97 case”) and case number CR-89-02205 (“the - 05 case”). The cases arose from separate indictments that were factually unrelated.
The state stipulated in the -97 plea agreement to a punishment of lifetime probation with no prison term. The court nevertheless sentenced Falcone to ten years in prison plus…
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