Legal Opinion
Frank Edward Milano v. Sam Garrison and State of North Carolina
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 23, 1981No. 80-6225PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIDENER, Circuit Judge:
A jury found the petitioner, Frank Edward Milano, guilty of first degree rape in North Carolina Superior Court. The North Carolina Supreme Court affirmed the conviction. State v. Milano, 297 N.C. 485, 256 S.E.2d 154 (1979). The district court granted the petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus. We reverse.
The district court held that the exclusion of the results of a Psychological Stress Evaluator (PSE) (a form of lie detector) examination favorable to Milano, while admitting by agreement the unfavorable results of a polygraph examination, denied Milano a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- State v. MilanoSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1979
- Ronald F. Jackson v. Sam P. Garrison, Warden, Central PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981
- Jackson v. GarrisonDistrict Court, W.D. North Carolina · 1979
3Cited by5 opinions
- Watkins v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1991
- David Lee Jones v. John L. Weldon, Warden Coastal Correctional InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Israel Et Al. v. McMorrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Israel Et Al. v. McMorrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Watkins v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1991