BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Ross Caudill appeals the district court's dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The question presented is whether Caudill's guilty plea to a charge of aggravated murder was the result of coercion due to the statements of a state court judge.
Caudill was indicted in 1974 in Allen County, Ohio, for aggravated murder with a death penalty specification because the victim was...
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