Joseph F. Cuthrell v. Director, Patuxent Institution

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · Decided 1973-04-06

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DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge: The petitioner in this habeas proceeding is a Maryland prisoner who seeks to invalidate his guilty plea as involuntary because he was not advised, before his plea was accepted, that he might, as a result of his plea, be sent to Patuxent Institution for evaluation and treatment under procedures spelt out in the Maryland Defective Delinquent Act. <a clas…

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