Legal Opinion

Creech v. Sparkman

District Court, E.D. North Carolina

Decided October 1, 1981No. 81-29-HCPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

BRITT, District Judge.

Petitioner, Willis Reginald Creech, was convicted by a jury in the Superior Court for Cumberland County of a crime against nature under N.C.Gen.Stat. § 14-177. He is currently serving a ten-year term prison sentence1 and brings this petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Six claims for relief are presented in the petition. First, that N.C.Gen.Stat. § 14-177 is unconstitutionally void for vagueness in violation of due process. Second, that the statute unconstitutionally infringes on the petitioner’s right to privacy. Third, that the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Oyler v. BolesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  4. Ex Parte RoyallSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  5. Francis v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1976

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State v. WardCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1984

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