Legal Opinion
Peter Jones Field v. Sheriff of Wake County, North Carolina Wake County Probation Office Attorney General of North Carolina
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 23, 1987No. 86-7671PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIDENER, Circuit Judge:
The sheriff of Wake County, North Carolina and the Wake County Probation Office appeal an order of the district court granting Field’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus following a determination that the sentencing procedures under North Carolina’s Driving While Impaired Statute violated Field’s Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. We reverse.
On January 20, 1984, Field was charged with driving while impaired (DWI) in violation of the N.C.G.S. 20-138.1 and failing to stop for a stop sign in violation of N.C.G.S. 20-158. These charges were filed as a result of a…
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- McMillan v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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