Legal Opinion
Dixon v. Turner
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided July 23, 1966No. Civ. A. No. 1871Published
1Opinion of the Court
*986OPINION and JUDGMENT
DALTON, District Judge,
sitting by designation.
This cause comes before the Court upon a petition for writ of habeas corpus, filed in forma pauperis, by a State prisoner pursuant to the provisions of Title 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Issues have been joined by the respondent who has filed Answer to Petition and a Motion to Dismiss.
The petitioner and one Jessie James Arnold, both negroes, were tried in December of 1961 in the Lenoir County Superior Court on a charge of first-degree murder. They were found guilty and sentenced to death. This conviction was affirmed on appeal to the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Knewel v. EganSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Arnold v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Eugene Underwood v. Lynn Bomar, Warden, Tennessee State Penitentiary, Marvin Holbrook v. Lynn Bomar, Warden, Tennessee State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1964
- Pruitt v. SkeenDistrict Court, N.D. West Virginia · 1953