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STATE v. MERRITT

No. 661.

142 S.E.2d 687 (1965)

264 N.C. 716

STATE v. Funtroy MERRITT.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 18, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. W. Bruton, Atty. Gen., and Theodore C. Brown, Jr., Staff Atty., for the State, petitioner.

E. D. Kuykendall, Jr., Greensboro, for prisoner, respondent.

SHARP, Justice.

The first question presented by this appeal is: Did the judge presiding over a session of the Superior Court of Guilford County have authority to hear and pass upon a petition filed in Guilford County under G.S. § 15-217 et seq. to review the constitutionality of the prisoner's convictions in any county other than Guilford?

The North Carolina Post-Conviction Hearing Act (G.S. §§ 15-217 through 15-222) originated as Sess.Laws...

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