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ESCOE v. ZERBST

No. 773.

295 U.S. 490 (1935)

ESCOE v. ZERBST, WARDEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 20, 1935.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Seth W. Richardson submitted for petitioner.

Mr. Sanford Bates, with whom Solicitor General Reed was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE CARDOZO delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner was convicted of a crime in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas after indictment and a plea of guilty. He was sentenced, October 10, 1932, to imprisonment for four and a half years in the Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas. On the same day the sentence was suspended for five years upon conditions of probation, and the defendant...

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