370 US 728 Whitus v. R P Balkcom

370 U.S. 728

82 S.Ct. 1575

8 L.Ed.2d 803

Phil WHITUS
v.
R. P. BALKCOM.

No. 1357, Misc.

Supreme Court of the United States

June 25, 1962

Phil Whitus, pro se.

Eugene Cook, Atty. Gen. of Georgia, and Howard P. Wallace, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

PER CURIAM.

1

The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for writ of certiorari are granted. The judgment is vacated and the case is remanded to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia for a hearing on the merits of the petition for writ of habeas corpus.

2

Mr. Justice FRANKFURTER took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.