RITCHIE v. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

Misc. No. 32.

220 F.Supp. 374 (1963)

Gerald RITCHIE, Petitioner, v. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Respondent.

United States District Court W. D. North Carolina, Asheville Division.

Decided August 29, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Edison Hill, Williams, Williams & Morris, Asheville, N. C., for petitioner.

Theadore C. Brown, Jr., Staff Atty., Office of Atty. Gen. of North Carolina, Raleigh, N. C., for respondent.


CRAVEN, Chief Judge.

This proceeding arises upon a letter written June 23, 1963, by the petitioner Gerald Ritchie to the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which letter is treated by this court, pursuant to the direction of Chief Judge Simon E. Sobeloff, as a petition for writ of habeas corpus. It is referred to this court under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2241(b).

The undersigned United States District Judge thereupon caused...

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