Legal Opinion
William Edward Campbell v. Amos E. Reed, Secretary of Correction of State of North Carolina and Attorneygeneral of the State of North Carolina
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 1, 1979No. 78-6267PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:
William Edward Campbell, a North Carolina prisoner, appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We reverse and remand.
On December 2, 1975, Campbell was convicted by a jury on charges of second degree burglary and felonious larceny. He was sentenced to a term of 43 years in prison. A codefendant and purported accomplice, Lewis Miller, testified against Campbell. The gist of his testimony was that he and Campbell had broken into an unoccupied apartment at night and had stolen a television set. On cross-examination, Miller was…
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