Pless v. North Carolina

ORDER

McMILLAN, District Judge.

This case has reached a stage where extraordinary action is required in order to prevent an extraordinary and gross injustice. A brief review of the proceedings follows.

Harold Lee Pless, Sr. is a black-skinned “white collar” convict. He was charged with insurance fraud and was prosecuted twice in Mecklenburg County and once in Wake County, North Carolina. The results of those various prosecutions were as follows:

In Mecklenburg County on August 25, 1978, Pless was convicted by a jury in cases numbers 78-CR-6864, 6865 and 6867. Numbers 6864 and 6865 were…