Legal Opinion
Porter v. Leeke
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided August 28, 1978No. Civ. A. 78-16PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
BLATT, District Judge.
Petitioner in this habeas corpus action was tried on charges of assault and battery with intent to kill, and convicted of the lesser included offense of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. The facts surrounding the incident are cogently set out in the opinion of the Supreme Court of South Carolina in State v. Porter, S.C., 239 S.E.2d 641, 642 (1977):
“Appellant, a North Carolina resident, owns land in Lancaster County, South Carolina, where he raises pigs. On September 20, 1975, he drove to Lancaster County investigating a report that two of his pigs…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Coffin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Taylor v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by10 opinions
- State v. McCullumWashington Supreme Court · 1983
- M. W. Holloway v. Clay E. McElroy WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Robert Carter v. Arnold R. JagoCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
- State v. KingWashington Supreme Court · 1979
- Holloway v. McElroyDistrict Court, M.D. Georgia · 1979
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