Legal Opinion
Patton v. State of North Carolina
District Court, W.D. North Carolina
Decided July 20, 1966No. Civ. 2397PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
CRAVEN, Circuit Judge. *
By establishing that he was unconstitutionally imprisoned, Eddie Patton won a new trial and, ironically, lost more of his liberty.
Patton was arrested on June 10, 1960, and has been imprisoned ever since. For lack of money to post bond, he stayed in jail in Bladen County from June 10, 1960, until his trial on October 26, 1960, when, without the assistance of counsel, he tendered a plea of nolo contendere to the felony of armed robbery. He was sentenced to serve a term of twenty years imprisonment in the State’s prison and did not appeal.
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2Cases cited45 opinions
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- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by54 opinions
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Eddie W. Patton v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- Pasquale J. Marano, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1967
- State v. TurnerOregon Supreme Court · 1967
- State v. EdenWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1979
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