William Miller Jones v. Dewey Sowders

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit November 9, 1987

William Miller Jones v. Dewey Sowders, 833 F.2d 1012 (6th Cir. 1987)

1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 14911; 1987 WL 38893

Opinion

833 F.2d 1012

Unpublished Disposition
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William Miller JONES, Petitioner-Appellant,
v.
Dewey SOWDERS, Respondent-Appellee.

No. 87-5431.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Nov. 9, 1987.

Before MERRITT, KRUPANSKY and RYAN, Circuit Judges.

ORDER

This case has been referred to a panel of the court pursuant to Rule 9(a), Rules of the Sixth Circuit. Upon examination of the record and the briefs, this panel agrees unanimously that oral argument is not needed. Fed.R.App.P. 34(a).

Petitioner, a pro se Kentucky state prisoner, appeals the district court's denial of his 42 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner sought to attack a 1975 conviction alleging involuntariness of his guilty pleas. Petitioner has adequately exhausted state court remedies. We conclude the district court properly denied the petition.

An examination of the record indicates that petitioner entered a voluntary and intelligent plea. See Brady v. United States, 397 U.S. 742 (1970); Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (1969); Berry v. Mintzes, 726 F.2d 1142 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 467 U.S. 1245 (1984).

Accordingly, the district court's judgment is hereby affirmed pursuant to Rule 9(b)(5), Rules of the Sixth Circuit.

Reference

Status: Unpublished