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· 5/5/1986

John A. Mosier v. A.I. Murphy, Warden

Citations

  • 790 F.2d 62
  • 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 24818

How courts have described this case

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  • plea offered by man to protect his validly indicted wife and mother-in-law from prosecution held not involuntary
  • plea offered by man to protect his validly indicted wife and mother-in-law from prosecution held not involuntary
  • defendant’s guilty plea entered to protect his wife and mother-in-law from prosecution for murder held voluntary because “we must respect the defendant’s choice and ‘[i]f [an accused] elects to sacrifice himself for such motives, that is his choice.’ ”
  • affirming district court’s order denying Mosier’s first § 2254 petition

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Judges: Seymour, Seth, Bal-Dock

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