Williams v. Swarthout, No. 11-57255 (9th Cir.) (771 F.3d 501) (October 23, 2014) (Judge John T. Jr. Noonan)
In this case, a divided panel from the Ninth Circuit granted habeas relief to the petitioner, Bryant Williams, who was convicted in 2006 by a California state court of three sex-offense related charges on the basis that the trial judge’s statement that Williams had pled guilty - a misstatement made ...
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