The following excerpt is from United States ex rel. Ross v. McMann, 409 F.2d 1016 (2nd Cir. 1969):
There is no authority to the contrary. In the only case where this court has required a hearing involving a plea of guilty in a state court, United States ex rel. McGrath v. LaVallee, 319 F.2d 308 (2d Cir. 1963), the claim was that the trial judge had coerced the plea; there was no claim of a coerced confession.6
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