Legal Opinion
Davis v. North Carolina
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided September 10, 1963No. Civ. No. 1302PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUTLER, Chief Judge.
This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of Elmer Davis, Jr., now confined in the State Prison at Raleigh, North Carolina, under a sentence of death imposed by the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, upon the applicant’s conviction of murder while perpetrating the crime of rape.
The basis of the application is the admission of a confession in the state trial which the applicant contends was involuntary and obtained in violation of his right to due process as guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.1 At…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Haynes v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Rogers v. RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Lynumn v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Wilson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Davis v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Elmer Davis, Jr. v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- State v. ReidCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1974
- Davis v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Elmer Davis, Jr. v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
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