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STACEY v. SOLEM

No. 86-5013.

801 F.2d 1048 (1986)

John Kendal STACEY, Appellant, v. Herman SOLEM, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary and Mark V. Meierhenry, Attorney General, State of South Dakota, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 24, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Schlimgen, Sioux Falls, S.D., for appellant.

Jeffrey P. Hallem, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, S.D., for appellees.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON and MAGILL, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

John Kendal Stacey appeals from the district court's1 denial of habeas corpus relief. Stacey contends that he did not enter his guilty plea knowingly and voluntarily and that he was denied effective assistance of counsel. We affirm the district court's denial of relief.

I. BACKGROUND.

This case arose when Stacey stabbed a man during a fight. Before trial, the prosecuting attorney made a plea bargain...

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