Legal Opinion
Richard L. Short v. Samuel P. Garrison Attorney General of North Carolina, Rufus Edmisten
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 1, 1982No. 81-7011PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:
Richard L. Short seeks review from the denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court adopted a Magistrate’s Findings and Recommendation and ordered the petition dismissed.
On February 26, 1968 Short was indicted by a Forsyth County, North Carolina Superior Court grand jury for murder. On June 23,1968, Short pleaded guilty to a charge of second degree murder in Superior Court and received a term of twenty-five years. At the time of his plea, Short was sixteen years old.
Although Short has brought a number of post-conviction actions in state court,…
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