MATTHEWS v. BOUNDS

Civ. No. 4233.

367 F.Supp. 777 (1973)

James Johnnie MATTHEWS, Petitioner, v. Mr. V. Lee BOUNDS, Commissioner N. C. Department of Correction and State of North Carolina, Respondents.

United States District Court, E. D. North Carolina, Raleigh Division.

December 10, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Johnnie Matthews, pro se.

Robert Morgan, N. C. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, N. C., for respondents.


ORDER

BUTLER, Chief Judge.

Petitioner, a state prisoner, has been allowed to file in forma pauperis an application for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

On April 7, 1966, the petitioner was convicted in the Superior Court of Nash County, after a trial by jury, of armed robbery, and a sentence of 17 years was imposed to run at the expiration of a prior sentence the petitioner was serving in Virginia. Petitioner commenced the service...

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