THORPE v. RIVELAND

Civ. A. No. 85-K-214.

617 F.Supp. 63 (1985)

James Mark THORPE, Petitioner, v. Chase RIVELAND, Director, Department of Corrections of the State of Colorado; Bill Wilson, Warden, Canon City Correctional Facility, and the Attorney General for the State of Colorado, Respondents.

United States District Court, D. Colorado.

September 13, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Booms, Denver, Colo., for petitioner.

John O. Bailey, Attorney General's Office, Corrections Dept., Denver, Colo., for respondents.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

KANE, District Judge.

Petitioner, James Mark Thorpe, is an inmate at Canon City Correctional Facility, Canon City, Colorado. He filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 2254. He alleges that a guilty plea leading to one of the sentences for which he is incarcerated was not voluntarily entered and that he had ineffective assistance of counsel before the plea.

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