Legal Opinion
Williams v. Currie
District Court, M.D. North Carolina
Decided July 5, 2000No. 1:99CV00930PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ELIASON, United States Magistrate Judge.
Petitioner, a prisoner of the State of North Carolina, seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On September 25, 1998, petitioner pled guilty to twenty-three counts of discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling in cases 98 CRS 577-78, 883-903. Several of these counts were consolidated and petitioner was then sentenced to eleven consecutive terms of 25-39 months active imprisonment. This resulted in a total sentence of roughly 23-36 years. Petitioner did not directly appeal this sentence. However, he…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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