Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit March 26, 1964, Nos. 131-135, Dockets 28174, 28190, 28243, 28279, 28280 (United States ex rel. Durocher v. LaVallee)

lead-opinion

KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge, with whom WATERMAN, SMITH, HAYS and MARSHALL, Circuit Judges,

concur:

Claiming that they were not advised of their right to counsel when pleading guilty, four New York prisoners serving increased sentences as second offenders seek to invalidate their first convictions under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.