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COLEMAN v. STATE OF ALA.

No. 86-7151.

827 F.2d 1469 (1987)

Charles COLEMAN, Petitioner-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. STATE OF ALABAMA, Respondent-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Donworth, Jr., Cumberland School of Law, Birmingham, Ala., for petitioner-appellant, cross-appellee.

Donald Siegelman, Atty. Gen., James B. Prude, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for respondent-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before VANCE and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge:

Coleman filed this petition for federal habeas corpus to set aside his guilty pleas to assault with intent to murder in 1972 and larceny from a person in 1977, because he was not informed of the possible availability of the Alabama Youthful Offender Act.1 Coleman argues that his pleas of guilty were not made with full knowledge of their consequences and thus were made in violation of his federal due process...

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