Legal Opinion
Mellott Faust v. State of North Carolina
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 6, 1962No. 8622PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRAVEN, District Judge.
Appellant is now confined in the state penitentiary at Raleigh, North Carolina under sentence of death. He prosecutes this appeal from the District Court’s denial of his petition for habeas corpus.
On the 21st day of May, 1960, Appellant was one of a crowd of people who gathered near the comer of Gold and Summit Streets in the city of Charlotte. Two cousins, John and Charles Smith, had been engaged in a fight and had attracted the attention of two Charlotte city policemen, Officer Bruce and the deceased, Officer Annas. These officers were attempting to arrest both Smiths…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Thompson v. City of LouisvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Garner v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Robert J. Grundler and Joseph L. Jelly v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- State v. FaustSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1961
3Cited by41 opinions
- Athel Robert Gemmel v. Raymond J. Buchkoe, Warden, State House of Correction and Branch PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966
- Samuele T. Stevens, Jr. v. Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- Clarence Ernest Beardslee, A/K/A Clarence Everett Beardslee v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- Parker v. SwensonDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1971
- Susan Pedro v. Oregon Parole BoardCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
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