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UNITED STATES v. RICHMOND

No. 132, Docket 25832.

273 F.2d 29 (1959)

UNITED STATES ex rel. Nelson RHYCE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Mark S. RICHMOND, Warden, Connecticut State Prison, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided December 16, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson Rhyce, petitioner-appellant, pro se.

George D. Stoughton, Asst. State's Atty., for Hartford County, Hartford, Conn. (John D. LaBelle, State's Atty. for Hartford County, Manchester, Conn., and J. Read Murphy, Asst. State's Atty., Hartford, Conn., for Hartford County, on the brief), for respondent-appellee.

Before MEDINA, MOORE and FRIENDLY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Petitioner alleged that on May 22, 1958, he was convicted of the crime of burglary and sentenced to the Connecticut State Prison, on the basis of an involuntary plea of guilty. Prior to May 22, petitioner had been confined to jail due to his inability to raise bail and he alleged that before pleading guilty he had been in solitary confinement in a dark cell, known as "the hole", that he had a great fear of the dark, and that he entered the plea of guilty...

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