CAUDILL v. JAGO

No. 83-3886.

747 F.2d 1046 (1984)

Ross CAUDILL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Arnold R. JAGO, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided October 22, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Manton (argued), Steve M. Brown, Gregory Ayers, Chief Counsel, Ohio Public Defender, Columbus, Ohio, for petitioner-appellant.

Christine Manuelian (argued), Asst. Atty. Gen., Crim. Section, Columbus, Ohio, for respondent-appellee.

Before MARTIN and KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judges, and McRAE, Chief District Judge.


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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