Legal Opinion
Heiser v. Ryan
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 4, 1993No. Civ. A. 89-395PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DIAMOND, Chief Judge.
Petitioner Stephen Anthony Heiser is incarcerated at the State Correctional Institu tion at Dallas, Pennsylvania, where he is serving a life sentence for murder, robbery, and related offenses. He seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on the grounds that his confinement is unconstitutional because the guilty plea upon which his sentence was based was involuntary and because he has been denied due process of law. Petitioner contends that his trial counsel coerced the guilty plea by threatening to withdraw from the case. He also contends that he…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Mathews v. WeberSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Shanks v. WolfenbargerDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2005
- Myers v. StraubDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2001
- Steven Anthony Heiser v. Warden Joseph RyanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- Commonwealth v. NeffSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
- Jozefick v. ShalalaDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1994
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