Supreme Court of the United States, 1974

Lefkowitz v. Newsome

Lefkowitz v. Newsome
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 17, 1974
417 U.S. 967; 94 S. Ct. 3170 (United States Reports)

Lefkowitz v. Newsome

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 2d Cir. Motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted limited to Question 1 presented by the petition, which reads as follows: “Does a state defendant's plea of guilty waive federal habeas corpus review of his conviction, even though under state law he has been permitted review in the state appellate courts of the denial of his motion, on constitutional grounds/ to suppress the evidence that would have been offered against him had there been a trial?”

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