Cleveland Colson v. Lamont Smith, Warden

The District Court, in granting the petitioner-appellee’s petition for writ of habeas corpus, found that he had made out a prima facie case, unrebutted by the State of discrimination in the composition of the indicting grand jury panel.

The district court did not make findings of fact and conclusions of law regarding the petitioner’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel and the concomitant issue of the voluntariness of the plea of guilty.

Accordingly, and in order for this court to conduct meaningful review on a record which has many issues inextricably bound together, the case is…