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HARMASON v. SMITH

No. 88-3431 Summary Calendar.

888 F.2d 1527 (1989)

Caesar HARMASON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Larry SMITH, Acting Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Et Al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 1, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caesar Harmason, Angola, La., pro se.

Janis L. Kile, Asst. Dist. Atty. and William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for respondents-appellees.

Before POLITZ, GARWOOD and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-appellant Caesar Harmason (Harmason) appeals the order of the district court denying his application for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He maintains that his plea of guilty in state court to two armed robberies was involuntary and unknowing because it was predicated on a statement by his attorney that led him to believe his sentence would be no more than fifteen years, when in fact he received an eighteen...

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