CAMPBELL v. REED

No. 78-6267.

594 F.2d 4 (1979)

William Edward CAMPBELL, Appellant, v. Amos E. REED, Secretary of Correction of State of North Carolina and Attorney General of the State of North Carolina, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 1, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Davis, Fayetteville, N.C. (Cooper, Davis & Thagard, Fayetteville, N.C., on brief), for appellant.

Kaye R. Webb, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, N.C. (Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. of North Carolina, Richard N. League, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, N.C., on brief), for appellees.

Before WINTER, BUTZNER and RUSSELL, Circuit Judges.


BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

William Edward Campbell, a North Carolina prisoner, appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We reverse and remand.

On December 2, 1975, Campbell was convicted by a jury on charges of second degree burglary and felonious larceny. He was sentenced to a term of 43 years in prison. A codefendant and purported accomplice, Lewis Miller, testified against...

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