Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Shelton v. United States
Shelton v. United States, 2 L. Ed. 2d 579 (1958)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1958-03-10
- Topic
- general
defendant must be “fully aware of the direct consequences” of his plea in order for plea to be considered voluntary | Judge Rives stating for the court in the first Shelton opinion that "(j)ustice and liberty are not the subjects of bargaining and barter." 242 F.2d at 113 | Judge Rives stating for the court in the first Shelton opinion that “[jjustice and liberty are not the subjects of bargaining and barter.” 242 F.2d at 113 | “A waiver is voluntary if, under the totality of the 15 circumstances, [it] was the product of a free and deliberate choice rather than coercion or 16 improper inducement.”
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The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for writ of certiorari are granted. Upon consideration of the entire record and confession of error by the Solicitor General that the plea of guilty may have been improperly obtained, the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is reversed and the case is remanded to the District Court for further proceedings.