PUGH v. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

No. 9357.

336 F.2d 508 (1964)

Clarence PUGH, Appellant, v. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 10, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland P. Sokol, Charlottesville, Va. (Court-assigned counsel), for appellant.

Theodore C. Brown, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. of North Carolina (T. W. Bruton, Atty. Gen. of North Carolina, on brief), for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, BRYAN, Circuit Judge, and HEMPHILL, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Now serving a life term under the sentence of a North Carolina court for first degree murder, Clarence Pugh petitioned the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina for his release on the ground that his conviction was obtained in contravention of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. While several aspects of violation were alleged, the chief were, first, that an oral confession taken from him was unconstitutionally...

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