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BELL v. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

No. 77-2077.

576 F.2d 564 (1978)

William David BELL, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, and Samuel Garrison, Warden of Central Prison, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 1, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Kavanewsky and Stephen D. Coggins, Third Year Law Students (George K. Walker, Professor of Law, Winston Salem, N.C., on brief) for appellant.

Joan H. Byers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, N.C. (Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen., Raleigh, N.C., on brief), for appellees.

Before BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and WINTER and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.

ALBERT V. BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

William David Bell, Jr., a North Carolina prisoner, seeks Federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291, 2253. In this appeal from the District Court's dismissal of his petition, he contends that his guilty pleas to two counts of second degree murder were involuntary. Specifically, he urges that his guilty pleas were vitiated by the failure of the State Court and his attorneys to advise him that, as a recipient of a...

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