360 US 472 Cofield v. United States

360 U.S. 472

79 S.Ct. 1430

3 L.Ed.2d 1531

Lester COFIELD, Jr., petitioner,
v.
UNITED STATES.

No. 677, Misc.

Supreme Court of the United States

June 22, 1959

Mr.

William F. McKenna, for petitioner.

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

On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

PER CURIAM.

1

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.

2

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