Source: https://m.openjurist.org/364/us/177
Timestamp: 2019-07-24 03:13:22
Document Index: 638565319

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1257', '§ 1257', '§ 2103', '§ 2103', '§ 1257', '§ 1257']

364 US 177 Wolfe v. State of North Carolina | OpenJurist
364 U.S. 177 - Wolfe v. State of North Carolina
364 US 177 Wolfe v. State of North Carolina
80 S.Ct. 1482
4 L.Ed.2d 1650
Leon WOLFE, George Simkins, Jr., et al., Appellants,
Argued Oct. 19 and 20, 1959.
The appellants were convicted of violating a North Carolina criminal trespass statute,1 and their convictions were upheld by the Supreme Court of North Carolina, 248 N.C. 485, 103 S.E.2d 846. This appeal, grounded on 28 U.S.C. § 1257(2), 28 U.S.C.A. § 1257(2),2 attacks the constitutional validity of the statute as applied in this case. Because of doubt as to whether any substantial federal question was presented to or decided by the state courts, we postponed further consideration of the question of jurisdiction until the hearing of the case on the merits. 358 U.S. 925, 79 S.Ct. 312, 3 L.Ed.2d 299; 359 U.S. 951, 79 S.Ct. 737, 3 L.Ed.2d 759. For reasons to be stated, we have concluded that the appeal must be dismissed.3
The appellants ask that the appeal be treated as a petition for certiorari in the event it is found that the appeal was improperly taken. See 28 U.S.C. § 2103, 28 U.S.C.A. § 2103. The considerations which require dismissal of the appeal in this case also require denial of a petition for certiorari. See 28 U.S.C. § 1257(3), 28 U.S.C.A. § 1257(3).