Thurman E. Wood v. Maj. Fred Ross, Supt. Of Caledonia Prison Farm, Wayne Claude Rice v. State of North Carolina

ALBERT V. BRYAN, Circuit Judge:

These are common appeals in habeas corpus aimed at the ultimate convictions in North Carolina record courts of Wayne Claude Rice and Thurman E. Wood. They assert that in the review allowed them by the State from their primary convictions in courts not of record, each experienced unconstitutional overreaching by the State. Both claim they were denied due process, in that they were given harsher punishments on the appeals than in their initial trials. Additionally, Wood argues that he was put in double jeopardy. In our judgment appellants should prevail.

The Wood…