GEORGE v. BLACK

No. 83-1783.

732 F.2d 108 (1984)

Joseph GEORGE, Jr., Appellant, v. Charles BLACK, Warden, Nebraska State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 16, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., Dale D. Brodkey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, Neb., for appellee.

Susan Jacobs, Healy, Brown, Wieland, Kluender, Atwood & Jacobs, Lincoln, Neb., for appellant.

Before ROSS, ARNOLD and FAGG, Circuit Judges.


ROSS, Circuit Judge.

The issue in this habeas corpus action is whether Joseph George, Jr.'s plea of nolo contendere to attempted sexual assault was entered voluntarily. The questions on appeal are: 1) whether a state trial court's failure to inform a defendant in a criminal trial that he would be subjected to a mental health commitment hearing upon completion of his sentence rendered a plea of nolo contendere involuntary, and 2) whether civil commitment following...

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