Legal Opinion

Wilton Howell v. W.R. Barker Attorney General of the State of North Carolina

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided May 24, 1990No. 88-7106PublishedCited by 74 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KISER, District Judge:

The appellee, Wilton Howell, filed this petition for writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina on October 14, 1986. As a ground for relief, he asserts a due process violation arising out of a delay by the Bladen County Sheriffs Department in the service of his arrest warrant and the return of an indictment for robbery with a dangerous weapon, as a result of which he was unable to locate an alibi witness for use at his trial.1 The petition for writ of habeas corpus was first heard by Magistrate Alexander Denson,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. United States v. MarionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. United States v. LovascoSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. United States v. GouveiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Fowler v. Rhode IslandSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  5. United States v. Automated Medical Laboratories, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985

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3Cited by74 opinions

  1. State of Texas v. Wilson, Carolyn Sue KrizanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2011
  2. State v. GilleyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2008
  3. De La Beckwith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  4. United States v. AvantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2004
  5. Benjamin Henderson Jones v. Ronald J. Angelone, Director, Department of Corrections of the Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996

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