PETERSON v. WAINWRIGHT, 374 U.S. 108 (1963)

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PETERSON v. WAINWRIGHT, 374 U.S. 108 (1963) 374 U.S. 108

PETERSON v. WAINWRIGHT, CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR.
ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA.
No. 754, Misc.
Decided June 10, 1963.

Certiorari granted; judgment vacated; and case remanded.

Reported below: 145 So. 2d 857.

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.

Page 374 U.S. 108, 109

 



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PETERSON v. WAINWRIGHT, 374 U.S. 108 (1963) 374 U.S. 108 PETERSON v. WAINWRIGHT, CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR.
ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA.
No. 754, Misc.
Decided June 10, 1963.

Certiorari granted; judgment vacated; and case remanded.

Reported below: 145 So. 2d 857.

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.

Page 374 U.S. 108, 109