United States Sixth Circuit

Procedural default prejudiced a habeas petitioner, and remand is necessary for a determination whether petitioner's speedy-trial rights were in fact violated through trial counsel's patently erroneous advice surrounding a guilty plea.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/19/2003
• Published 08/19/2003

Judges

• Before: BOGGS and GILMAN, Circuit Judges;  MARBLEY, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David A. Maples (briefed), Macomb Correctional Facility, New Haven, MI, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Brad H. Beaver (briefed), Office of the Attorney General, Corrections Division, Lansing, MI, William C. Campbell, Office of the Attorney General, Habeas Corpus Division, Lansing, MI, for Respondent-Appellee.