McCHESNEY v. HENDERSON

No. 72-3743.

482 F.2d 1101 (1973)

David McCHESNEY, Petitioner-Appellee, v. C. Murray HENDERSON, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 26, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., Parish of Jefferson, Ernest E. Barrow, II, Gretna, La., for respondent-appellant.

James O. Manning, New Orleans, La., (court appointed) for petitioner-appellee.

Before AINSWORTH, GODBOLD and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.


AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge :

David McChesney seeks a writ of habeas corpus from a conviction on his plea of guilty in a Louisiana state court to a charge of armed robbery. He contends that the writ should be granted because he was not fully advised at the time of his guilty plea by counsel or the court that he was effectively waiving his constitutional rights under Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238, 89 S.Ct. 1709, 23 L.Ed.2d 274 (1969)...

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