Legal Opinion
Smith v. Secretary of the Navy
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided May 6, 1974No. 19960-1PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOHN W. OLIVER, District Judge.
On October 4, 1971, petitioner filed a motion for order of mandamus in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in which, among other things, he alleged that:
On or about January 20, 1942, petitioner was taken before a court martial without counsel and induced to plead guilty under the assumption it wasn’t a criminal defense [sic].
At no time from arrest to court martial was petitioner given advice or knowledge of what was occurring against [sic].
It can be determined from these allegations and from subsequent filings that…
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