Peterson v. Wainwright

Jun 10, 1963
754, Misc
Versions:374 U.S. 108
83 S. Ct. 1689
10 L. Ed. 2d 1028
1963 U.S. LEXIS 1286
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.