Legal Opinion
Carey v. Garrison
District Court, W.D. North Carolina
Decided November 12, 1975No. C-C-75-342Published
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
McMILLAN, District Judge.
Albert Lewis Carey, Jr. has presented a “Petition for Appointment of Counsel.” He was convicted of murder in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and was sentenced to death. The conviction was affirmed October 7, 1975, by a divided North Carolina Supreme Court. Carey is now on death row at North Carolina Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Petitioner was scheduled to be executed Friday, October 24, 1975, but his state court counsel, Mr. John H. Hasty, has informed the court that Chief Justice Sharp, of the North Carolina Supreme Court, ordered Carey’s…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Ross v. MoffittSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Claude Franklin Moffitt v. Major Fred R. Ross and State of North Carolina, Claude F. Moffitt v. Major Fred R. Ross and State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1974