Clarence Buckley v. Robert H. Butler, Sr., Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner-appellant Clarence Buckley (“Buckley”) appeals the district court’s dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Buckley was convicted in a Louisiana state court of armed robbery, and his term of imprisonment was enhanced under that state’s multiple offender statute. Appellant claims that the state court did not warn him, before he admitted his prior conviction, of the effect of his admission. We affirm the denial of habeas relief.

I

In the spring of 1980, appellant was charged in a three-count information with three offenses — two armed robbery…