Shelton v. United States
Citation | 78 S.Ct. 563,356 U.S. 26,2 L.Ed.2d 579 |
Decision Date | 10 March 1958 |
Docket Number | M,No. 223,223 |
Parties | Jay Paul SHELTON, petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America. isc |
Court | United States Supreme Court |
Jay Paul Shelton, pro se.
Solicitor General Rankin, for the United States.
On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for writ of certiorari are granted. Upon consideration of the entire record and confession of error by the Solicitor General that the plea of guilty may have been improperly obtained, the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is reversed and the case is remanded to the District Court for further proceedings.
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