State v. Hayes

The petitioner, Alton Hayes, was tried at the March 1959 Criminal Term of Wake Superior Court on the charge of crime against nature. The offense was allegedly committed on 10 March 1959 while petitioner was incarcerated at Central Prison in consequence of a conviction for larceny of an automobile. On 18 March 1959 petitioner was brought from prison directly into superior court. Solicitor Lester V. Chalmers, Jr., prepared in writing an information charging crime against nature, and the accused and attorney George M. Anderson signed a writing whereby the accused waived “the finding and return…