Legal Opinion
Hoornweg v. Smith
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided January 9, 1981No. CIV-78-443PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELFVIN, District Judge.
Petitioner, currently incarcerated at Attica (N.Y.) Correctional Facility, seeks his release upon a federal writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Following a plea of guilty to rape in the first degree before Judge George F. Roberts of the New York Supreme Court, County of New York, he was sentenced to an indeterminate prison term of five to fifteen years.
Petitioner asserts as the sole ground for relief 1 that his guilty plea was secured in violation of his constitutional right to due process of law. Specifically, he alleges that the trial court…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by6 opinions
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