Bolius v. Wainwright

In this collateral proceeding, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, Wilbur P. Bolius challenges state court convictions for several felonies established by virtue of his own guilty pleas, alleging that the state court should not have accepted his pleas without first conducting an adequate hearing into his mental competency. Finding a substantial question as to Boliuss competency at the time of pleading and that sufficient evidence was available to decide the question itself, the district court held a Nunc pro tunc hearing and determined that Bolius had been competent to plead. Bolius now challenges both the district courts ability to make a meaningful determination of his prior competency and the correctness of the district courts decision. We affirm the district court on both counts.