SMITH v. GROOSE

No. 92-2770.

998 F.2d 1439 (1993)

Brian R. SMITH, Appellant, v. Michael GROOSE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 16, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric W. Butts, St. Louis, MO, argued, for appellant.

Millie E. Aulbur, Jefferson City, MO, argued (Jay Nixon and Millie Aulbur, on the brief), for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge, ROSS, Senior Circuit Judge, and KOPF, District Judge.


ROSS, Senior Circuit Judge.

On March 14, 1988, appellant Brian Smith was convicted of two counts of first-degree assault after entering a plea of guilty and was sentenced to two consecutive twenty-year terms of imprisonment. After filing state postconviction motions, appellant filed his petition for federal habeas corpus relief, asserting that (1) his guilty plea was involuntary and unknowing because he was not advised of the rights he was waiving at the time he pled...

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