MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
URBOM, Chief Judge.
Lee A. Beans' petition for a writ of habeas corpus raises, inter alia, the difficult issue of the extent of a defense counsel's duty to a client who has been declared competent to stand trial and who appears determined to plead guilty against his attorney's advice. While I retain a substantial doubt about whether the disposition of the petitioner's case in the state courts accurately reflects the proper level of...
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