Joseph Torrey v. Wayne Estelle

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 1988-03-23

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LOVELL, District Judge: Joseph Torrey, a California state prisoner, appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus, filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 . In January of 1980, pursuant to a plea agreement with the people of the State of California, appellant entered a plea of guilty to one count of first degree murder. As part of the plea bargain,…

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