UNITED STATES v. NORTON

No. 368, Docket 23859.

234 F.2d 842 (1956)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas NORTON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided July 2, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Whitney North Seymour, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., New York City (Paul W. Williams, U. S. Atty., New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

William J. Manning, Legal Aid Society, New York City (Florence M. Kelley, Thomas Thacher, and Thomas R. Farrell, Jr., Legal Aid Society, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellant.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, and HINCKS and WATERMAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Judge Leibell succinctly states the problem herein as it came before him thus: "Thomas Norton, an inmate of the New York State Prison at Dannemora under a judgment of conviction as a second felony offender, moves this court to have his first felony conviction, which was in this court, set aside on the grounds that he was not represented by counsel at the time he pleaded guilty to the indictment, was not informed of his right to have counsel and did not...

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