COUNTRY v. PARRATT

No. 79-2082.

623 F.2d 51 (1980)

Reginald COUNTRY, Appellant, v. Robert PARRATT, Warden, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 30, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen L. Ahl, Barlow, Johnson, DeMars & Flodman, Lincoln, Neb., for appellant.

Linda A. Akers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, Neb., for appellee; Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., and Linda A. Akers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, Neb., on brief.

Before GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and HEANEY and ROSS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Reginald Country appeals from the district court's denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus. In exchange for Country's plea of nolo contendere to forcible rape, the district attorney dropped a habitual criminal charge that could have lengthened Country's sentence. Country contends that his plea and his resulting sentence of ten to thirty years should be set aside because the plea was not knowing or voluntary and because he was denied effective...

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