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DICKERSON v. VAUGHN

Nos. 95-1525, 95-1353.

90 F.3d 87 (1996)

Anthony DICKERSON, Appellant, v. Donald T. VAUGHN; The Attorney General of The State of Pennsylvania; The District Attorney of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Appellees. Larry MEGGETT, Appellant, v. Martin DRAGOVICH, Superintendent of Mahanoy; The Attorney General of The State of Pennsylvania; The District Attorney of Bucks County, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Argued April 30, 1996.

Decided July 24, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane Goldberg, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, for Appellant Anthony Dickerson in No. 95-1525.

Alan M. Rubenstein, District Attorney, Stephen B. Harris, Chief of Appeals, Carolyn K. Oliver, Deputy District Attorney, District Attorney Office, Doylestown, PA, for Appellees in No. 95-1525.

Robert E. Nicholson (argued), East Orange, New Jersey, for Appellant Larry Meggett in No. 95-1353.

Alan M. Rubenstein, District Attorney, Stephen B. Harris (argued), Chief of Appeals, Carolyn K. Oliver, Deputy District Attorney, for Appellees in No. 95-1353.

Before: STAPLETON, SCIRICA, and WEIS, Circuit Judges.

Submitted Pursuant To Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) April 29, 1996.

OPINION OF THE COURT

WEIS, Circuit Judge.

In these habeas corpus cases, petitioners allege that they would not have pleaded nolo contendere if they had known that their pleas would prevent them from appealing a pretrial ruling. The state's intermediate appellate court found that the pleas were induced by faulty legal advice by trial counsel and that petitioners were entitled to new trials...

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