U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1990

Roulette Blair v. Daniel J. McCarthy

Roulette Blair v. Daniel J. McCarthy
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided February 27, 1990 · Farris, Poole, Ferguson
896 F.2d 436; 1990 WL 16962 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Roulette Blair v. Daniel J. McCarthy

Opinion

ORDER

The opinion, 881 F.2d 602 (9th Cir. 1989), is amended as follows:

The first full paragraph of the second column at 881 F.2d 603 (beginning with “This court has expressly recognized ... ”) is amended to read:

It is well-established that an allegation of a mere technical violation of state law, by itself, does not support a claim for federal habeas relief. See Engle v. Isaac, 456 U.S. 107, 121 n. 21, 102 S.Ct. 1558, 1568, 71 L.Ed.2d 783 (1982); Wayne v. Raines, 690 F.2d 685, 687 (9th Cir. 1982), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 914, 104 S.Ct. 275, 78 L.Ed.2d 256 (1983). This circuit has held, however, that when a defendant has not been informed of a penal consequence of his guilty plea in violation of state law and the defendant shows that “he was prejudiced or his rights were affected by the omission by the state trial judge,” he may obtain federal collateral relief. Wayne, 690 F.2d at 687.

Circuit Judge POOLE does not concur in the amendment.

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