Legal Opinion
Beans v. Black
District Court, D. Nebraska
Decided March 9, 1984No. CV83-L-97PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
URBOM, Chief Judge.
Lee A. Beans’ petition for a writ of habeas corpus raises, inter alia, the difficult issue of the extent of a defense counsel’s duty to a client who has been declared competent to stand trial and who appears determined to plead guilty against his attorney’s advice. While I retain a substantial doubt about whether the disposition of the petitioner’s case in the state courts accurately reflects the proper level of his culpability for the slaying of his wife in 1976,1 must conclude, within the limits set by 28 U.S.C. sec. 2254, that the petitioner has…
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