Shelton v. United States

U.S.

Court: Supreme Court of the United States

Citations: 356 U.S. 26, 78 S. Ct. 563, 2 L. Ed. 2d 579, 1958 U.S. LEXIS 1386

Decision Date: 3/10/1958

Docket Number: No. 223

Jurisdiction: U.S.

Bluebook Citation: Shelton v. United States, 356 U.S. 26, 78 S. Ct. 563, 2 L. Ed. 2d 579, 1958 U.S. LEXIS 1386 (1958)

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SHELTON v. UNITED STATES.

Attorneys

Petitioner pro se.
Solicitor General Rankin for the United States.

majority Per Curiam.

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.