Legal Opinion
McLean v. Smith
District Court, M.D. North Carolina
Decided March 22, 2002No. 1:01-cv-00524PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ELIASON, United States Magistrate Judge.
Facts and Procedural History
Petitioner, a prisoner of the State of North Carolina, seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He seeks not only to attack the validity of a 1987 sentence, but also claims that he was not given appropriate credit for time served.
Petitioner’s association with the North Carolina judicial and penal systems is a long and winding one. As far as this history relates to the present action, it is as follows. On May 18, 1987, petitioner pled guilty in Person County to misdemeanor larceny…
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