Brooks v. Blackledge

ORDER

McMILLAN, District Judge.

During the early morning hours of October 14, 1971, Lawrence Brooks, petitioner, was arrested near Belmont, North Carolina, and on the same day was charged in the Superior Court of Gaston County, North Carolina, with possession of burglary tools, breaking and entering, and violation of the firearms act. On October 15, 1971, a further warrant issued charging him (under the name of Wayne Brooks) with being a fugitive from another state.

Brooks was convicted on December 9, 1971, of possession of burglary tools, and a sentence of ten years in prison was imposed. He…