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De Lucia v. New Jersey
350 U.S. 879·Supreme Court of the United States·1955
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Opinion
No. 82,
Misc.
De Lucia v. New Jersey.
Petitioner pro se. Grover C. Richman, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, and Eugene T. Urbaniak, Deputy Attorney General, for respondent.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam:]
On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Per Curiam:
The petition for writ of certiorari is granted. The judgment of the Court of Appeals is reversed and the case is remanded to the District Court for a hearing concerning the circumstances surrounding petitioner’s plea of guilty.