MILLS v. SHEPHERD

No. C-C-77-49.

445 F.Supp. 1231 (1978)

David L. MILLS, Petitioner, v. H. B. SHEPHERD et al., Respondents.

United States District Court, W. D. North Carolina, Charlotte Division.

February 14, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan W. Singer, Weinstein, Sturges, Odom, Bigger & Jonas, P.A., Charlotte, N.C., for petitioner.

Richard N. League, Asst. Atty. Gen., North Carolina Dept. of Justice, Raleigh, N.C., for respondents.


JUDGMENT

McMILLAN, District Judge.

David L. Mills, a prisoner of the State of North Carolina, was tried for second degree murder, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and was sentenced to twenty years in prison at the March 13, 1975, session of the Mecklenburg County Superior Court. He petitions for a writ of habeas corpus on the grounds that (1) he was denied the right to a speedy trial; (2) his trial counsel failed to demand a speedy trial and was...

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