Legal Opinion
John Alford Turner v. State of North Carolina
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 16, 1969No. 12026PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOREMAN, Circuit Judge:
John Alford Turner appeals from the denial of habeas corpus relief by the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.
In November 1956, in the Superior Court of Robeson County, North Carolina, Turner was tried by a jury for first degree murder, convicted of voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to not less than four nor more than eight years in state prison to commence at the expiration of previous sentences then being served. He began serving the sentence now attacked in April of 1968.
At his trial in 1956 Turner was represented by…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Carnley v. CochranSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Swenson v. BoslerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Walters v. HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
- Rhodes v. LeveretteWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1977
- Larry Donnell Becton v. Talmadge Barnett Attorney General of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- Bowers v. CoinerDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1970
- Galloway v. StephensonDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1981
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