U.S. v. FULFORD

No. 86-3615.

825 F.2d 3 (1987)

The UNITED STATES v. Emmett Earl FULFORD, Anthony J. Sanner. Appeal of Emmett Earl FULFORD, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel B. Johnston (argued), George E. Schumacher, Federal Public Defender, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.

Bonnie R. Schlueter (argued), Asst. U.S. Atty., J. Alan Johnson, U.S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee.

Before WEIS and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges, and SAROKIN, District Judge.


WEIS, Circuit Judge.

In this habeas corpus proceeding, we conclude that petitioner has failed to establish his numerous claims for relief. We decide that certain omissions from the Rule 11 colloquy on the petitioner's guilty plea were not serious enough to require vacation of sentence. Similarly, his charges of ineffective assistance of counsel do not demonstrate prejudice. We further determine that the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act was not violated when federal...

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