DUKE v. COCKRELL

No. 01-10232.

292 F.3d 414 (2002)

Dale Lincoln DUKE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Janie COCKRELL, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 17, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert N. Udashen, Sorrels & Udashen, Dallas, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

James Michael Terry, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before POLITZ, STEWART and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

State prisoner Dale Lincoln Duke appeals the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, in which he challenges his conviction pursuant to a plea of nolo contendere for aggravated sexual assault of a child younger than fourteen years of age. He complains that because he was not informed that successful completion of a sex offender program would require him to admit his guilt, his nolo plea was not voluntarily...

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