FIELDS v. GIBSON

No. 00-6145.

277 F.3d 1203 (2002)

Bobby Joe FIELDS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary L. GIBSON, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

January 17, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Berry of James W. Berry, P.C., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Seth S. Branham, Assistant Attorney General, (W.A. Drew Edmondson, Attorney General of Oklahoma, with him on the brief), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before TACHA, Chief Judge, EBEL and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.


EBEL, Circuit Judge.

Bobby Joe Fields appeals the denial of his writ of habeas corpus brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. A certificate of appealability was granted on the following four issues: (1) whether trial counsels' pressure of Fields to accept a blind guilty plea resulted in its being involuntary; (2) whether trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance in advising Fields to enter a blind guilty plea; (3) whether...

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