Legal Opinion
Cole v. Stevenson
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided March 14, 1978No. 77-0351-HCPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
LARKINS, Chief Judge.
This habeas corpus application was submitted by James Lewis Cole, a state court prisoner who alleges the violation of his Fourteenth Amendment rights. Petitioner entered a not guilty plea to a charge of murder. Upon this plea, he was tried by jury, convicted of second degree murder, and sentenced to imprisonment for a period of from twenty to thirty years. His conviction was upheld by the North Carolina Supreme Court in State v. Cole, 280 N.C. 398, 185 S.E.2d 833 (1971) and a 1975 federal habeas corpus application also proved unsuccessful. Mr. Cole later filed a…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by13 opinions
- State v. BarfieldSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1979
- James Lewis Cole v. L. v. Stevenson, Superintendent and Attorney General of the State of North Carolina, Rufus L. EdmistenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1980
- Robert Carter v. Arnold R. JagoCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
- Holloway v. McElroyDistrict Court, M.D. Georgia · 1979
- Thomas H. Wynn v. William A. Mahoney, Brunswick Correctional UnitCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979
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