This two-pronged appeal arises from the granting in the District Court of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and from the remedy ordered. The writ ordered Wade, a state prisoner, released from custody arising out of his 1957 conviction after a plea of guilty to the crime of sodomy, unless the State of California granted him a new hearing within 30 days. This was on the ground that the guilty plea...
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