Legal Opinion
Douglas Colvin v. Lynda Taylor
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 15, 2003No. 02-1326PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYE, Circuit Judge.
In the Circuit Court of Randolph County, Missouri, petitioner Douglas E. Colvin pleaded guilty to two counts of distributing a controlled substance and one count of keeping or maintaining a public nuisance. He was sentenced to imprisonment. After exhausting his state remedies, Colvin submitted a habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, claiming his plea agreement with the State of Missouri had been violated. The district court granted the petition. The State appeals the grant of habeas relief, asserting the plea agreement was not breached. We do not believe the hold*585ing of…
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