Legal Opinion

State v. Hackney

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided May 5, 1954No. 221PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

81 S.E.2d 778 (1954)

240 N.C. 230

STATE

v.

HACKNEY.

No. 221.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 5, 1954.

Harry McMullan, Atty. Gen., and Ralph Moody, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Ike F. Andrews, W. Reid Thompson and Wade Barber, Pittsboro, for defendant, petitioner Appellant.

PARKER, Justice.

While Judge Williams did not specifically find that the petitioner, James W. Hackney, requested the judge at the January Term 1950 of the Superior Court of Chatham County to appoint counsel to represent him at the trial, and the judge failed to do so, the evidence is uncontradicted to that effect, and we…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Betts v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Avery v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  3. Uveges v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  4. State v. . BealSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1930
  5. Palmer v. AsheSupreme Court of the United States · 1951

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. State v. GreeneSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974
  2. State v. BaldwinSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1970
  3. State v. BryantSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1972
  4. State v. MacKSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1972
  5. State v. WatsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1972

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