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Cofield v. United States

U.S.
Jun 22, 1959
360 U.S. 472 (1959)

Opinion

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT.

No. 677, Misc.

Decided June 22, 1959.

Certiorari granted; sentence vacated; and cause remanded with instructions to allow petitioner to withdraw his plea of guilty and plead anew.

Reported below: 263 F.2d 686.

William F. McKenna for petitioner.

Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Wilkey and Beatrice Rosenberg for the United States.


In view of all the circumstances under which this defendant entered a plea of guilty and the plea was accepted, the petition is granted and the sentence is vacated and the cause remanded with instructions to allow petitioner to withdraw his plea of guilty and plead anew.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK and MR. JUSTICE HARLAN dissent, believing that this case should not be disposed of without plenary consideration.


Summaries of

Cofield v. United States

U.S.
Jun 22, 1959
360 U.S. 472 (1959)
Case details for

Cofield v. United States

Case Details

Full title:COFIELD v . UNITED STATES

Court:U.S.

Date published: Jun 22, 1959

Citations

360 U.S. 472 (1959)
79 S. Ct. 1430

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