State Ex Rel. Simmons v. White

How courts have described this case

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• habeas claim not previously presented in state court is procedurally defaulted and, in order to present the claim in federal court, the default must be overcome
• “Although a plea of guilty ordinarily waives all defenses and errors, direct appeal still is proper to attack either jurisdiction or the sufficiency of an indictment or information.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).