Legal Opinion
Cardenas v. Meacham
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided February 9, 1976No. 4351PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSE, Justice.
Thomas J. Cardenas has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking to set aside his pleas of guilty for rape and felonious assault on the grounds that the pleas were accepted in contravention of Rule 15, Wyoming Rules of Criminal Procedure, and result in a denial of due process of law as guaranteed by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution.
The petitioner pled guilty to the charges of first degree rape and felonious assault, with robbery charges being dismissed. The pleas and dismissals both occurred pursuant to negotiations with the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- United States v. Richard J. FronteroCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by33 opinions
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