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Cofield v. United States
Opinion of the Court
917052Cofield v. United States — Opinion of the Court

United States Supreme Court

360 U.S. 472

Cofield  v.  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.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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