Lawrence E. Wilson, Warden San Quentin State Prison v. Glenn Rose

The Warden of San Quentin Penitentiary appeals from an order of the district court setting aside appellee’s State conviction on the ground that it was obtained in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. We affirm.

Appellee's petition for habeas corpus challenged his conviction upon the ground that he did not have effective assistance of counsel when he entered his guilty plea, and did not understand the nature of the charge or the consequences of the plea. In Rose v. Dickson, 327 F.2d 27 (9th Cir., 1964) we affirmed the denial of an earlier petition raising the same…