CARDENAS v. MEACHAM

No. 4351.

545 P.2d 632 (1976)

Thomas J. CARDENAS, Petitioner, v. Lenard MEACHAM, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

Order February 9, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald M. Gallivan and L. Galen West, graduate law student, Defender Aid Program, Laramie and Dennis L. Sanderson, Afton, for petitioner.

V. Frank Mendicino, Atty. Gen., Jerome F. Statkus and Timothy J. Judson, Asst. Attys. Gen., Cheyenne, David Lewis, Deputy County Atty., Casper, and Don W. Riske, senior law student, Laramie, for respondent.

Before GUTHRIE, C.J., and McCLINTOCK and ROSE, JJ.


ROSE, Justice.

Thomas J. Cardenas has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking to set aside his pleas of guilty for rape and felonious assault on the grounds that the pleas were accepted in contravention of Rule 15, Wyoming Rules of Criminal Procedure, and result in a denial of due process of law as guaranteed by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution.

The petitioner pled guilty to the charges of first degree rape...

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