Legal Opinion
Foster v. Watkins
District Court, W.D. North Carolina
Decided November 8, 1976No. C-C-75-261PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
McMILLAN, District Judge.
Willie Foster, Jr., was tried before a jury in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Superior Court in February, 1973, and was found guilty of burglary in the first degree and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
He seeks a new trial based on prejudicial cross-examination by the prosecuting attorney with reference to unproved crimes.
State remedies have been exhausted.
The evidence for the prosecution showed that an unidentified man wearing a mask or stocking over his head and a jacket with two white stripes down the sleeves entered a private home on Kentucky Avenue in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Robert v. Bruce v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- State v. FosterSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1973
- Robert Winston McDonald v. Louie l.wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
3Cited by7 opinions
- Larry Junior Ward v. Gene M. Johnson, Warden, Sgt. Gardner, Chairman of Adjustment CommitteeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1982
- Superintendent E. C. Watkins v. Willie Foster, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
- Hargrave v. LandonDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1984
- Ross v. StahlDistrict Court, W.D. North Carolina · 1980
- Foster v. BarbourDistrict Court, W.D. North Carolina · 1978
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