United States Ninth Circuit

Denial of a habeas petition from a conviction and sentence for attempted murder with use of a deadly weapon, kidnapping, and forgery is affirmed over a claim that petitioner entered an Alford guilty plea to several crimes that was not knowing, voluntary and intelligent because he was deprived of effective assistance of counsel.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/11/2007
• Decided 08/13/2007
• Published 08/13/2007

Judges

• MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judge:, Before:  ALFRED T. GOODWIN, JAY S. BYBEE, and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Linda Marie Bell, Federal Public Defender, Las Vegas, NV, for petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert E. Wieland, Deputy Attorney General, Reno, NV, for respondents-appellees.