Legal Opinion
Moffitt v. Blackledge
District Court, W.D. North Carolina
Decided April 20, 1972No. Civ. 2842PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
McMILLAN, District Judge.
Claude Franklin Moffitt petitioned this court on February 26, 1971 for a writ of habeas corpus. In an order filed September 17, 1971 the petition was dismissed and all claims denied. In a letter dated November 15, 1971 (which for these purposes is treated as a formal motion) Moffitt, in essence, has asked the court to reconsider the ruling on one of his allegations, and to reconsider the denial of a certificate of probable cause.
Petitioner’s fourth allegation in his original petition was that the state failed to appoint counsel for him to file a petition for…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- State v. MayCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1970
3Cited by2 opinions
- Crum v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1975
- Donald W. Morgan v. Yancy County Department of Corrections and State of North Carolina, W. D. Anderson, Supt.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975