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NICKS v. U.S.

No. 89 Civ. 5155 (WK).

760 F.Supp. 293 (1990)

Harry NICKS, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

Amendment to Directions to Magistrate, May 24, 1990.

Memorandum Granting Writ February 4, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Montgomery, Geoffrey R. Bok, Ropes & Gray, Boston, Mass., Laurence T. Sorkin, Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, New York City, for petitioner.

Richard E. Signorelli, Asst. U.S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., New York City, for respondent.

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

WHITMAN KNAPP, District Judge.

In his petition for a writ of error coram nobis, petitioner Harry Nicks seeks to vacate a 1974 conviction on the ground that the lack of a competency hearing at the time of plea and/or sentence rendered void the plea upon which the conviction was based. For reasons that follow, the writ will be granted in twenty days unless the government requests a hearing before that time.

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