Legal Opinion
Hartman v. Blankenship
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 3, 1987No. Nos. 87-7501, 87-7502PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMALKIN, District Judge:
This is an appeal from an order of the district court granting habeas corpus relief to the petitioner, who was convicted of multiple drug offenses on his pleas of guilty entered in a Virginia state court. He was sentenced to several concurrent 40-year terms and fined. At the time the pleas were entered, he was, as is the custom, sworn on oath and examined at length by the trial judge. During the course of that examination, petitioner acknowledged having agreed to and executed a written plea agreement that said the following with regard to sentencing:
The Commonwealth…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Blackledge v. AllisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Sumner v. MataSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Marshall v. LonbergerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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