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Peterson v. Wainwright

Peterson v. Wainwright
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 10, 1963 · Per Curiam
374 U.S. 108; 83 S. Ct. 1689; 10 L. Ed. 2d 1028; 1963 U.S. LEXIS 1286 (United States Reports)

Peterson v. Wainwright

Opinion

374 U.S. 108 (1963)

PETERSON
v.
WAINWRIGHT, CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR.

No. 754, Misc.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 10, 1963.
ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA.

Petitioner pro se.

Richard W. Ervin, Attorney General of Florida, and George R. Georgieff, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for writ of certiorari are granted. The judgment is vacated and the case is remanded to the Supreme Court of Florida for a hearing on the issue of whether petitioner was denied the assistance of counsel at the time he entered his plea of guilty.

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