CZERE v. BUTLER

No. 86-3400.

833 F.2d 59 (1987)

John Thomas CZERE, III, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Robert H. BUTLER, Sr., Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, and William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General of the State of Louisiana, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence M. Lehmann, Midlo, Lehmann, Norman & Rihner, New Orleans, La., for petitioner-appellant.

William Campbell, New Orleans, La., for respondents-appellees.

Before GARZA, WILLIAMS, and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.


GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

In this 28 U.S.C. § 2254 proceeding, John Thomas Czere, III, a state prisoner in Louisiana, argues that the district court erred in refusing to set aside his state conviction, based on his guilty pleas, of two counts of second degree murder. Czere asserts that he entered these pleas in reliance on misinformation from his counsel regarding his parole eligibility date. We affirm the district court's denial of Czere's petition for the writ...

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