Legal Opinion
Chacker v. Petsock
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 14, 1989No. Civ. A. No. 87-3174PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
RAYMOND J. BRODERICK, District Judge.
In this pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, petitioner Dean Chacker, who is currently incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, alleges the following claims: (1) his guilty plea was not knowingly and voluntarily entered due to the state court’s failure to fully explain to him: (a) the elements of the crimes to which he was pleading guilty, (b) the Commonwealth’s burden of proof, (c) petitioner’s right to a trial by jury, and (d) the “presumption of innocence;” (2) his…
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