Legal Opinion
Creighton v. State of North Carolina
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided August 15, 1966No. Civ. A. 1869PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and JUDGMENT
DALTON, District Judge.
This cause comes before the court upon a petition for habeas corpus, filed in forma pauperis by a State prisoner pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1959).
At the March 1964 term of the Ala-mance County, North Carolina, Superior Criminal Court Hubert Creighton,- the petitioner, was convicted of “Unlawfully Entering a Building Without Intent to Commit a Felony” and was sentenced to a period of incarceration of two years. While serving this two year sentence (which was completed on January 17, 1966), he escaped three times. To date,…
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