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Gideon v. Cochran

370 U.S. 908 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1962-06-04 Docket No. 890 English

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p. 908
No. 890,
Misc.
Gideon v. Cochran, Corrections Director.
Petitioner pro se. Richard W. Ervin, Attorney General of Florida, and Bruce R. Jacob, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Motion for leave to proceed in forma pau-peris and petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Florida granted. Case transferred to the appellate docket. In addition to other questions presented by this case, counsel are requested to discuss the following in their briefs and oral argument: “Should this Court’s holding in Betts v. Brady, 316 U. S. 455 , be reconsidered?”

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