Legal Opinion
State v. Pearce
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided January 14, 1966No. 742PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHiggiNS, J.
The petitioner challenges the legality of his trial on three grounds: (1) He was not represented by counsel selected and appointed by the court as required by law. (2) The trial court committed error in permitting Detective Morris to relate to the jury certain admissions the defendant made to the investigating officers after the indictment was returned and while he was being held in custody charged with a capital felony. (3) The attorney who represented him at the trial failed to follow his request that an appeal be taken to the State Supreme Court.
At the Post Conviction Hearing the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Rice v. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Wade v. MayoSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Palmer v. AsheSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- State v. . CollinsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1874
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3Cited by37 opinions
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Bobby Hardwick v. Ollie Doolittle, Jailer and William Anderson, SheriffCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- State v. DavisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1982
- State v. SparrowSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1970
- State v. OvermanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1967
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