Chisholm v. Wainwright, 29325 Summary Calendar.
| Decision Date | 26 June 1970 |
| Docket Number | No. 29325 Summary Calendar.,29325 Summary Calendar. |
| Parties | Benjamin D. CHISHOLM, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Florida Division of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit |
Benjamin D. Chisholm, appellant, pro se.
Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., Arden M. Siegendorf, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, Fla., for appellee.
Before WISDOM, COLEMAN, and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.
We have directed the Clerk to place this case on the Summary Calendar in accordance with the Fifth Circuit Rule 18.
This is an appeal by Benjamin Chisholm from an order of the district court denying, without a hearing his application for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court denied relief on the basis of the state court record. 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d). We affirm.
The petitioner-appellant, represented by the Public Defender, was convicted upon his plea of guilty to the charge of rape. October 7, 1966, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. The record reflects that he has exhausted his available state remedies as to his allegation of an improperly induced guilty plea, Chisholm v. State, Fla.Ct. App.1969, 220 So.2d 383, but not as to his allegation that the state trial court erred in denying him leave to withdraw that plea prior to sentencing.
On appeal, Chisholm assigns as error the failure of the district court to hold an evidentiary hearing on the question of the improperly induced plea. This claim is without merit. 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d); Townsend v. Sain, 1963, 372 U.S. 293, 83 S.Ct. 745, 9 L.Ed.2d 770. In Schnautz v. Beto, 5 Cir. 1969, 416 F.2d 214, 215, this Court stated:
The district judge was not obligated to hold an evidentiary hearing where, as here, a full and fair hearing had been held during the state court proceedings. The transcript of that proceeding was received in evidence in lieu of an independent hearing. The district judge adopted the findings and conclusions of the state judge. These findings contained a conclusion that the guilty plea was wholly voluntary.
Here, the district judge had before him, as we now have before us, a copy of the state court proceedings. We can find no error in the district court's conclusion that the petitioner-appellant's plea was entered voluntarily. See Farmer v. Beto, 5 Cir. 1969, 421 F.2d 184; Rogers v. Wainwright, 5 Cir. 1968, 394 F.2d 492. See also United States ex rel. Crosby v. Brierly, 3 Cir. 1968, 404 F.2d 790, 796. The Court is...
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