VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Platt, J.) granting the petition of Douglas Ames for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court held that Ames's plea of guilty to ten counts of robbery in the first degree was not voluntary and intelligent and that Ames had been denied effective assistance of counsel. We reverse.
Because the facts and the procedural background...
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