Legal Opinion
Chester L. Edgerton v. State of North Carolina
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 14, 1963No. 8749_1PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judge.
The petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus was denied by the District Court without a plenary hearing and without requiring the State of North Carolina to file a response. This court granted leave to appeal in forma pauperis, issued a certificate of probable cause, and appointed counsel.
The District Court did, however, consider the allegations of the writ in the light of all the records of the state court proceedings relevant to a review of the federal constitutional questions in reaching its decision to deny the writ. These records are before us.
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2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Pennsylvania Ex Rel. Herman v. ClaudySupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Claude O. Jones, Jr. v. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
- Elmer Davis, Jr. v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
3Cited by23 opinions
- James E. Fields v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- Norman F. Twiford v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- Clarence Irvin Turner v. State of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- Ray S. Bailey v. Ellis C. MacDougall Director of the South Carolina Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968
- Gary Lee Tompa v. Commonwealth of Virginia Ex Rel. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
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