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CREWS v. WAINWRIGHT, 375 U.S. 50 (1963)

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United States Supreme Court

CREWS v. WAINWRIGHT(1963)

No. 59

Argued: Decided: October 21, 1963

Certiorari granted; judgment vacated; and case remanded.

Petitioner pro se.

Richard W. Ervin, Attorney General of Florida, and James G. Mahorner, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari are granted. The judgment is vacated and the case is remanded to the Supreme Court of Florida for further consideration in light of Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 .

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS and MR. JUSTICE CLARK dissent for the reason that the judgment rests on an adequate state ground. [375 U.S. 50, 51]  

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