Legal Opinion
George C. Norris v. O.H. White
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 3, 1987No. 86-7330PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KISER, District Judge.
This case is on appeal from the decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to grant George C. Norris, Sr.’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Norris had been found guilty and sentenced on numerous counts related to his involvement in a conspiracy to skim equity from a federally held housing project, the equity skimming itself, and his having made false statements regarding his role in these crimes. In all, petitioner was convicted on seventeen criminal counts.
He was sentenced under the “split sentence” provisions of 18 U.S.C. §…
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