Legal Opinion

Steven Wise Wright and Clarence Edward Wright, Jr. v. George Bailey and Raymond L. Bell

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided November 4, 1976No. 74-2105PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

The petitioners Steven Wright and Clarence Wright, in separate petitions, sought in the District Court habeas relief in connection with their convictions in the Circuit Court of Albemarle County, Virginia, as a result of a disturbance or altercation at a night club in such County. Since the offenses of which both petitioners were charged in the State Court proceedings arose out of the same circumstances, the two petitioners were tried together in the State Court and their habeas petitions in the District Court were combined for hearing. The District Court denied…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Adderley v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Ex Parte United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  3. United States v. Augustine FerroneCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
  4. Franklin v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  5. United States of America Ex Rel. Ronald James Dessus v. Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. United States v. Thomas E. KeaneCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
  2. Pressly v. GregoryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1987
  3. Erlandson v. Northglenn Municipal CourtCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2008
  4. Robert L. Tinder v. Sister Rose Paula, SndCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
  5. Kenneth Warren Hanson v. Circuit Court of the First Judicial Circuit of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979

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