Cradle v. Cox

MEMORANDUM ORDER

KELLAM, District Judge.

By Order of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit of August 20, 1970, the petition for habeas corpus in this case was remanded to this Court for further consideration in light of Kemplen v. Maryland, 428 F.2d 169 (4th Cir. 1970). Following remand, counsel was appointed to represent petitioner and a plenary hearing held on March 31, 1971.

David Lee Cradle (Cradle), a minor born February 5, 1945, was arrested at the home of his grandmother on April 24, 1962, about 2:00 o’clock a. m., upon two charges of armed robbery.1 His grandmother2…