Legal Opinion
Marion Frank Crawford v. V. Lee Bounds, Warden of Central Prison (Successor to K. B. Bailey)
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 11, 1968No. 10981_1PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner, a thirty-year-old male Negro, was convicted of first degree murder of an eight-year-old female Negro child, occurring in the course of the commission of rape, allegedly perpetrated by him November 18, 1962.1 N.C. Gen.Stat. § 14-17; Petitioner was found guilty and, because the jury’s verdict contained no recommendation for mercy, petitioner was sentenced to death. On appeal, the judgment entered on petitioner’s conviction was affirmed. State v. *300Crawford, 260 N.C. 548, 133 S.E.2d 232 (1963).
About an hour prior to the time that capital punishment was to be…
2Cases cited61 opinions
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- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Tumey v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- In Re Murchison.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- In Re OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1969
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