U.S. Court of Appeals / Fourth Circuit

Patton v. State of North Carolina

Decided July 20, 1966. James Braxton Craven Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

256 F. Supp. 225 · Cited 54 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

State v. Weaver · 142 S.E.2d 633
State v. White · 136 S.E.2d 205
State v. . Patton · 19 S.E.2d 142
Gideon v. Wainwright · 372 U.S. 335
Cramp v. Board of Public Instruction of Orange Cty. · 368 U.S. 278
National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Flowers · 377 U.S. 288
People v. Henderson · 386 P.2d 677
Dowd v. United States Ex Rel. Cook · 340 U.S. 206
Goldsmith v. United States Board of Tax Appeals · 270 U.S. 117
Cochran v. Kansas · 316 U.S. 255
Terral v. Burke Construction Co. · 257 U.S. 529
Barron v. Burnside · 121 U.S. 186
Lewis v. Commonwealth · 108 N.E.2d 922
State v. Merritt · 142 S.E.2d 687
Perkins v. State of North Carolina · 234 F. Supp. 333

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Kelly v. State of North Carolina · 276 F. Supp. 200
Gainey v. Turner · 266 F. Supp. 95
Shear v. Boles · 263 F. Supp. 855
North Carolina v. Pearce · 395 U.S. 711
State v. Turner · 429 P.2d 565
State v. Eden · 256 S.E.2d 868
State v. Holmes · 161 N.W.2d 650
Rice v. Simpson · 274 F. Supp. 116
Moon v. State · 243 A.2d 564
Gregg v. Missouri Department of Corrections · 335 F. Supp. 344
State v. Stafford · 164 S.E.2d 371
Ward v. State · 444 P.2d 255
State v. Rentschler · 444 S.W.2d 453
State ex rel. Muldrew v. Boles · 151 W. Va. 1033
Scoggins v. State · 454 P.2d 550
Holland v. Boles · 269 F. Supp. 221
Vargas v. Brown · 512 F. Supp. 271
Summers v. WARDEN OF NEVADA STATE PRISON · 440 P.2d 388
Closs v. South Dakota Board of Pardons & Paroles · 2003 SD 1
People v. Fink · 27 A.D.2d 893

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