Legal Opinion
Thomas Carlton Wansley v. Commonwealth of Virginia, (Three Cases)
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 31, 1966No. 10930_1PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge.
We agree that these three prosecutions on charges of two separate rapes and of robbery of one of the rape victims were properly remanded after their attempted removal from the state court to the district court under the provisions of 28 U.S. C.A. § 1443.
In 1963, Wansley, a Negro juvenile, was convicted of rape and robbery of a white woman. In a separate trial, he was convicted of the rape of a married woman of Japanese descent. In the latter case, his defense appears to have been a claim of consent to the sexual act, which he admitted. In the former case, he appears to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- City of Greenwood v. PeacockSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Georgia v. RachelSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Bruce Baines v. City of Danville, Virginia, Hildreth G. McGhee v. City of Danville, VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
- Baines v. City of DanvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Wansley v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1964
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Wansley v. WilkersonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1967
- Naimaster v. National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored PeopleDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1969
- Frinks v. North CarolinaDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1971
- Revty v. CommonwealthDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1973