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PETERSON v. WAINWRIGHT, CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR
374 U.S. 108·Supreme Court of the United States·1963
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Opinion
PETERSON v. WAINWRIGHT, CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR.
No. 754, Misc.
Decided June 10, 1963.
Petitioner pro se.
Richard W. Ervin, Attorney General of Florida, and George R. Georgieff, ’Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
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.