Legal Opinion
Doss v. State of North Carolina
District Court, M.D. North Carolina
Decided April 4, 1966No. 1:07-m-00024PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. GORDON, District Judge.
The petitioner, William H. Doss, a prisoner of the State of North Carolina, hereinafter referred to as petitioner, has filed with this Court a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, and accompanied the petition with an affidavit of poverty. The petition was filed pro se, and an order has heretofore been entered permitting the petition to be filed without the prepayment of costs or fees, or security therefor. Petitioner contends that he was denied due process of law in that his court-appointed counsel entered a plea of nolo contendere without the petitioner’s…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Costello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Hamilton v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- White v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Wright v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by14 opinions
- State v. SparrowSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1970
- State v. SneedSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974
- State v. BeaverSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1976
- SIRHANBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1970
- State v. CoatsCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1973
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