Legal Opinion
Green v. French
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided July 16, 1997No. 5:96-hc-00676PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
BRITT, District Judge.
This matter is before the court on Green’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2254 (1994 & Supp. 1997).
I. Procedural Background
On 19 June 1984, Green, an African-American male, pleaded guilty to two counts of first degree murder (felony murder) and two counts of common law robbery. At the capital sentencing proceeding, the jury recommended and the court imposed two sentences of death. Green appealed and the North Carolina Supreme Court remanded for an evidentiary hearing to ascertain whether the jury selection was improperly tainted by…
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Harvey Lee Green, Jr. v. James B. French, Warden, Central PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1998
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