Legal Opinion
Paul Gordon v. State of Arkansas
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 26, 2016No. 15-1168PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
Paul M. Gordon pleaded guilty to three counts of rape of a minor child in Arkansas state court and was sentenced to 35 years’ imprisonment for each count, to be served consecutively. Gordon petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, claiming that (1) he was incompetent to enter the guilty plea in state court, and (2) he was unconstitutionally confined for mental-health reasons following his sentencing for 115 days. The district court 1 denied Gordon’s petition as untimely and dismissed it with prejudice. We granted a certificate of appealability…
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