JONES v. RICHARDS

No. 84-6392.

776 F.2d 1244 (1985)

Wesley Irven JONES, Jr., Appellant, v. Jerry E. RICHARDS, Sheriff of Burke County, N.C.; Rufus L. Edmisten, Attorney General, State of North Carolina, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Smith (W. Harold Mitchell, Mitchell, Teele, Blackwell, Mitchell & Smith, Valdese, N.C., on brief), for appellant.

Barry S. McNeill (Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen., Richard N. League, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Raleigh, N.C., on brief), for appellees.

Before MURNAGHAN, CHAPMAN and SNEEDEN, Circuit Judges.


CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge:

Appellant claims that his constitutional right to an impartial prosecutor in his state criminal trial was violated by the use of private attorneys retained by the victim's family to assist the state in his prosecution. Under the facts presented in this case, we find no constitutional right was impaired, and we affirm the denial of the petition for writ of habeas corpus.

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On December 3, 1981, Wesley Irven Jones, Jr., was driving...

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