LOTT v. HARGETT

No. 94-60846.

80 F.3d 161 (1996)

John LOTT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Edward M. HARGETT, Superintendant, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 16, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Lott, Parchman, MS, pro se.

Jo Anne McFarland McLeod, Asst. Atty. Gen., Mike Moore, Atty. Gen., Jackson, MS, for appellee.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, and GOODWIN and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.


GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

John Lott, a Mississippi state prisoner, appeals a judgment denying habeas corpus relief in his petition claiming that his guilty plea was not taken in accordance with federal constitutional standards. We affirm the judgment.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On September 23, 1982, in the Circuit Court of Simpson County, Mississippi, Lott pled guilty to one count of rape. The State dropped a second count of rape and one other unspecified...

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