Legal Opinion
Perkins v. State of North Carolina
District Court, W.D. North Carolina
Decided October 5, 1964No. Civ. 2234PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRAVEN, Chief Judge.
On January 8, 1962, Max Doyle Perkins and Robert Eugene McCorkle were jointly indicted by the grand jury of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was charged that they “did unlawfully, willfully, maliciously and feloniously commit the abominable and detestable crime against nature with each other.” McCorkle pleaded nolo contendere, received a sentence of five to seven years, served a portion of it, and has been released. Perkins, after conviction by a jury upon his plea of not guilty, was sentenced to a term of not less than twenty nor more than thirty years. The…
2Cases cited49 opinions
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- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by21 opinions
- In re M.D.Ohio Supreme Court · 1988
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- State v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
- Hughes v. RizzoDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1968
- Patton v. State of North CarolinaDistrict Court, W.D. North Carolina · 1966
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