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MATTER OF IMPRISONMENT OF STEVENS

No. 7510SC731.

221 S.E.2d 839 (1976)

28 N.C. App. 471

In the Matter of the IMPRISONMENT OF Walter Lewis STEVENS, Jr.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 4, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen. Jacob L. Safron, and Associate Attorney Jack Cozort, Raleigh, for State appellant.

George R. Barrett, Raleigh, for respondent-appellee.

MORRIS, Judge.

The State contends that the Superior Court did not have jurisdiction over the matters raised in the petitioner's writ of habeas corpus. We agree.

The writ of habeas corpus is critically significant to American jurisprudence and as such must be considered a ". . . precious safeguard of personal liberty. . . ." 39 C.J.S. Habeas Corpus § 1, p. 424. Moreover, in view of its importance historically and legally, the writ has been designed as...

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