Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit March 2, 1978, 77-1776 (Charles Wesley Watkins v. Herman Solem, as the Duly Qualified and Acting Warden of the South Dakota State Penitentiary, or His Successor)

LAY, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that his conviction for burglary was invalid because his plea of guilty was coerced. Petitioner claims that the prosecutor wrongfully induced him to enter a guilty plea by agreeing not to file habitual criminal charges against petitioner in

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exchange for his plea. The district court denied the writ.

Watkins v.