Legal Opinion
Preston v. Blackledge
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided October 1, 1971No. Civ. A. 2761PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and JUDGMENT
DALTON, District Judge (Sitting by Designation).
This case comes before the court upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2241.
The petitioners are each currently serving sentences of from thirteen and a half to eighteen years pursuant to judgments entered by the Superior Court of Wake County, North Carolina on November 19, 1969 for armed robbery.
At their trial, the petitioners, who were tried together, entered pleas of not guilty and were tried by a jury. Before this trial, in which the petitioners were convicted, the…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by21 opinions
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