Legal Opinion

Thomas James Reddy v. David L. Jones, North Carolina Civil Liberties Union Legal Foundation, Inc., Amicus Curiae

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided November 3, 1977No. 77-1480PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Per curiam

Thomas James Reddy, James Earl Grant, Jr., and Charles Parker, having exhausted all available State remedies, seek Federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 from imprisonment under 1972 court convictions in North Carolina for the felonious burning of a riding stable near Charlotte.

In this appeal from the District Court’s dismissal of their petition, appellants claim that at trial the prosecution did not seasonably disclose to them all of its promises to two key witnesses. Likewise, they allege that they were not informed of an exculpatory statement of one of these witnesses or of an…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Leroy Boone v. E. L. Paderick, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
  4. State v. GrantCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1973
  5. Perry v. Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. In Re PrattCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1980
  2. Horton v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1997
  3. Hull v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1979
  4. In Re PrattCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1980
  5. Johnson v. MooreCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1998

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