Legal Opinion

Donald W. Morgan v. Yancy County Department of Corrections and State of North Carolina, W. D. Anderson, Supt.

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided October 2, 1975No. 74--1453PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

Donald W. Morgan, a North Carolina prisoner, seeks a certificate of probable cause to appeal from the action of the district court in denying his petition for habeas corpus relief. Morgan challenged his conviction for breaking and entering and larceny on three grounds. Two of the grounds are based upon his assertion that on two separate occasions he had been denied his constitutional right of access to the courts because court-appointed counsel had allegedly disobeyed a State court order to petition for a writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court. On his third ground the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Ross v. MoffittSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Peters v. KiffSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Peters v. KiffSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Steve S. Watson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
  5. Moffitt v. BlackledgeDistrict Court, W.D. North Carolina · 1972

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Jenis Walter Branch v. Edward MurrayCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1994

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