Harshaw v. Hooks

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA STATESVILLE DIVISION 5:17-cv-00209-FDW WAVERLY ORLANDO HARSHAW, JR., ) ) Petitioner, ) ) vs. ) ORDER ) ERIK A. HOOKS, ) ) Respondent. ) __________________________________________) THIS MATTER is before the Court upon Petitioner Waverly Orlando Harshaw, Jr.’s pro se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1.) I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY Petitioner is a prisoner of the State of North Carolina who was convicted of first-degree murder by a Catawba County Superior Court jury. State v. Harshaw,

532 S.E.2d 224, 225

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