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374 U.S. 108

Docket No. 754, Misc.

Peterson v. Wainwright

Supreme Court of the United States · decided June 10, 1963

Cited by 4 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 1963

3 state decisions

Relies on Bentley v. Alaska · Donald Allen Bentley, Jr. v. Alaska · Peterson v. Wainwright

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Opinion by Per Curiam · Decided June 10, 1963

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Stanley Howard Peterson, pro se.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen. of Florida, and George R. Georgieff, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Florida.

PER CURIAM.

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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 of counsel · Case Law">assistance of counsel at the time he entered his plea of guilty.

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For opinion on remand see 155 So.2d 542.

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