WATSON v. WYRICK

No. 82-1255.

698 F.2d 925 (1982)

Jackey Don WATSON, Appellant, v. Donald WYRICK and/or Carl White; Gerald Fry, Superintendent, Missouri Eastern Correctional Center, and William R. Turner, Superintendent of Renz Farm, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 17, 1982.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 19, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., John M. Morris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellees.

Springfield Baldwin, St. Louis, Mo., Court-appointed for Jackey Don Watson.

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


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 19, 1983.

HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Jackey Don Watson appeals the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus on the grounds that his guilty plea was not made knowingly and voluntarily, and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm.

Watson was charged by indictment in March, 1977 with violating former Mo.Rev. Stat. § 559.180 (repealed 1979), which prohibited assault with...

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