Ralph Bryan Ellison v. United States

Ralph Bryan Ellison was indicted in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma for violation of the United States Narcotic Laws. On May 15, 1957 he entered a plea of not guilty to the eight counts of the indictment. On May 24, 1957 Elli son withdrew his plea of not guilty and changed his plea to' guilty on four counts and the remaining counts were dismissed. On May 28, 1957 the defendant filed a motion to withdraw the plea of guilty, which was denied after hearing. Thereafter Ellison was sentenced to forty years as a third offender of the Narcotics Control Act of…