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Inventory of the Center for Death Penalty Litigation Records, 1969-2006 and undated

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Descriptive Summary

Repository
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Creator
Center for Death Penalty Litigation
Title
Center for Death Penalty Litigation Records, 1969-2006 and undated
Language of Material
Material in English
Extent
51 Linear Feet

38,250 Items
Abstract
The Center for Death Penalty Litigation is a non-profit law firm that represents inmates on North Carolina’s death row. Its work often involves the investigation of racism and the judicial process, and the treatment of the mentally retarded charged with crimes in North Carolina.
Collection contains Center for Death Penalty Litigation case files dating from 1969-2006 for fourteen inmates on North Carolina’s death row during the same period: Robert Bacon Jr., David Junior Brown, Frederick Camacho, Willie Ervin Fisher, Harvey Lee Green Jr., Zane Hill, David Earl Huffstetler, Joseph Timothy Keel (the largest case file at 26 boxes), Gary Wayne Long, James Lewis Martin Jr., Elton Ozell McLaughlin, Phillip Thomas Robbins Jr., Steve Van McHone, and Norris Carlton Taylor, as well as limited files on other inmates. Case files typically include transcripts, affidavits, attorney notes, clemency requests, petitions, pleadings, photographs, correspondence, motions, Department of Corrections documents, Resource Center files, investigative files, audiovisual materials, and some electronic records.
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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
However, collection may contain materials to which the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibilities and Privacy Rights form applies. Patrons must sign this form before using this collection.
Original audiovisual materials are closed to patron use. Technical Services staff need to produce use copies before contents can be accessed.
Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Copyright Notice
The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Center for Death Penalty Litigation Records, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Center for Death Penalty Litigation Records were received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a gift in 2007-2009.
Processing Information
Processed by Jonathan Grilli, February 2009
Encoded by Jonathan Grilli, Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, March 2009
Updated by Meghan Lyon, June 2009
Accessions 2007-0052, 2008-0117, and 2009-0139 have been merged and described in this finding aid.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Collection Overview

The records of the Center for Death Penalty Litigation (CDPL) span the years 1969-2006, and contain the Center's case files for fourteen inmates on North Carolina’s death row during the same period: Robert Bacon Jr., David Junior Brown, Frederick Camacho, Willie Ervin Fisher, Harvey Lee Green Jr., Zane Hill, David Earl Huffstetler, Joseph Timothy Keel (the largest case file at 26 boxes), Gary Wayne Long, James Lewis Martin Jr., Elton Ozell McLaughlin, Phillip Thomas Robbins Jr., Steve Van McHone, and Norris Carlton Taylor, as well as limited files on other inmates. The Center for Death Penalty Litigation's work often involves the investigation of racism and the judicial process, and the treatment of the mentally retarded charged with crimes in North Carolina. Case files typically include some combination of transcripts, affidavits, attorney notes, clemency requests, petitions, pleadings, correspondence, motions, investigative files, Department of Corrections documents, photographs, audiovisual materials, Resource Center files, and in some cases, electronic files. The case files are arranged in alphabetical order by the defendant's last name. Acquired as part of the Archive for Human Rights at Duke University.
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Subject Headings

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List of Series in Collection
Case Files Series, 1969-2006
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Detailed Description of Collection

Case Files Series, 1969-2006

(115 boxes)
Case files are arranged in alphabetical order by defendant's last name: Robert Bacon Jr., David Junior Brown, Frederick Camacho, Willie Ervin Fisher, Harvey Lee Green Jr., Zane Hill, David Earl Huffstetler, Joseph Timothy Keel (the largest case file at 26 boxes), Gary Wayne Long, James Lewis Martin Jr., Elton Ozell McLaughlin, and Phillip Thomas Robbins Jr.. They typically include some combination of transcripts, affidavits, attorney notes, investigative files, clemency requests, audiovisual materials, petitions, pleadings, testimony (including medical, legal, and eyewitness), correspondence, motions, photographs, Resource Center files, and some electronic records. Each individual's case history is described at beginning of the corresponding file grouping. The majority of the case files consist of 5-9 boxes of materials. The smallest case files at two boxes each are for Camacho and Robbins; the largest are those of Keel and McLaughlin, at 26 and 20 boxes respectively. Folder titles below are original titles as supplied by CDPL staff, and the original order of the files within each case group has been retained. The contents of electronic files have been migrated to a library server; please contact a reference archivist to use this material.
[Original recordings are closed to research. Use copies must be made before contents can be accessed.]
Legal Terms and Definitions
    Affidavit: any written document in which the signer swears under oath before a notary public or someone authorized to take oaths (like a County Clerk), that the statements in the document are true.Appellant: the party who appeals a trial court decision he/she/it has lost.Appellee: in some jurisdictions the name used for the party who has won at the trial court level, but the loser (appellant) has appealed the decision to a higher court. Thus the appellee has to file a response to the legal brief filed by the appellant. In many jurisdictions the appellee is called the "respondent."Certiorari: a writ (order) of a higher court to a lower court to send all the documents in a case to it so the higher court can review the lower court's decision. Certiorari is most commonly used by the U.S. Supreme Court, which is selective about which cases it will hear on appeal. En banc: signifies a decision by the full court of all the appeals judges in jurisdictions where there is more than one three- or four-judge panel. The larger number sit in judgment when the court feels there is a particularly significant issue at stake or when requested by one or both parties to the case and agreed to by the court.Habeas corpus: writ (court order) which directs the law enforcement officials (prison administrators, police or sheriff) who have custody of a prisoner to appear in court with the prisoner to help the judge determine whether the prisoner is lawfully in prison or jail. In forma pauperis: referring to a party to a lawsuit who gets filing fees waived by filing a declaration of lack of funds (has no money to pay). Mandamus: a writ (more modernly called a "writ of mandate") which orders a public agency or governmental body to perform an act required by law when it has neglected or refused to do so.Motion of appropriate relief: relief is a generic term for all types of benefits which an order or judgment of court can give a party to a lawsuit, including money award, injunction, return of property, property title, alimony and dozens of other possibilities.Motion of summary judgment: a written request for a judgment in the moving party's favor before a lawsuit goes to trial and based on testimony recorded outside court, affidavits (declarations under penalty of perjury), depositions, admissions of fact and/or answers to written interrogatories, claiming that all factual and legal issues can be decided in the moving party's favor. Subpoena: a court order requiring a witness to bring documents in the possession or under the control of the witness to a certain place at a certain time. This subpena must be served personally on the person subpenaed. It is a common way to obtain potentially useful evidence, such as documents and business records, in the possession of a third party.
(Definitions taken from law.com website.)

Robert Bacon, Jr., 1987-2003
 (12 boxes)
Robert Bacon Jr. and Bonnie Clark were charged with first-degree murder for the killing of Clark's husband. Bacon, an African American male, had been dating and living together with Bonnie Clark, a white female. At trial, Bacon received the death penalty from an all-white jury while Clark was sentenced to life in prison. The jury had discussed Bacon's romantic involvement with a white woman in deciding Bacon's sentencing. In 1999, a federal district court judge held a hearing and ruled that Bacon's lawyers had improperly prepared for his defense. After many hearings and reversals, Bacon's execution was set for October 2001. N.C. Governor Michael Easley granted Bacon clemency on October 5, 2001 and Bacon was sentenced to life in prison. This case file includes videos relating to Bacon's sentencing and clemency plea.
[Original recordings are closed to research. Use copies must be made before contents can be accessed.]
Box 1
Responses to state motions
Order for evidentiary hearing - 5/29/1999
Evidentiary hearing transcript - 6/21/1999
Petition's response to motion summary judgment - 2/18/1998
Order granting writ - 9/17/99
Petitioner's letter to N.C. Department of Justice - 10/4/1999
Petitioner's supplementary memo, 5/8/2000
En banc petition, denied 9/26/2000
U.S. Court of Appeals
Supplemental brief
Answering brief
Bacon v. Lee
Motions and sentencing documents
Interviews
Bacon
Family
Correspondence
Box 2
Interviews  (3 folders)
State summary judgment denial
Petition for writ of habeas corpus
Exhibits for writ of habeas corpus
Transcripts
U.S. Supreme Court files
U.S. Court of Appeals  (2 folders)
Race and dealth penalty in N.C. study, 1993-1997
Bacon's Department of Corrections file
Mental health records
Medical records and social history
High school records
Box 3
Prison medical files  (5 folders)
District attorney's notes
Notes  (2 folders)
Defense notes
Pecuniary gain
Evidence of other trial
Filed motions
Box 4
Notes
Correspondence
Jury acknowledgment
Watson motion, letter of 10/23/1990, Merritt and case
Testimony
These files contain testimony of 43 individuals, including witnesses, doctors, family members, and friends.
Transcript (1275-1375)
Trial summary
Box 5
Transcript summaries - motions, open/close of trial
Closing arguments
Andrews and Coxe
Merritt  (2 folders)
Motions
State's evidence  (2 folders)
Jury charge and verdict
Trial transcript - volume II
Box 6
Trial transcripts
Volume II
Volume III  (3 folders)
Volume IV (incomplete)  (2 folders)
2008-0117-Disk 002 American Radioworks Documentary: Deadly Decisions
[Contents of disk have been migrated to the library server. Please contact a reference archivist for access.]
Correspondence
Victim's family
Execution date change - 9/11/2001
Box 7
Minister support for Bacon
Motions
Fourth Circuit Press
Correspondence  (2 folders)
Newspaper articles
Bonnie Clark - possible exhibits
Exhibits
Jury investigations
Black caucus
Package to Governor Easley - 5/11/2001
Dissenting juror affidavit
Supplemental materials for Gov.
Bacon support from Massachusetts legislator
Bacon supporter documents  (2 folders)
Clemency
International law IACHR  (2 folders)
Box 8
Supreme Court documents
Stay of execution - 5/17/2001
Bonnie Clark - supreme court
Bacon I
Bacon II
Court's decision - 8/30/2000
Motions
Mental health documents
Petition for clemency
Commutation order
Support for Bacon  (2 folders)
Press  (2 folders)
N.C. Supreme Court - Bacon I and Bonnie Clark
Testimony
Bonnie Clark
Box 9
Testimony files
These files contain testimony of 23 individuals, including witnesses, doctors, family members, and friends.
Opening statements - Andrews and Coxe
Supreme Court file  (2 folders)
Office of Appellate Defender files
Jury questionnaire
Trial transcripts
Volume II
Volume III
Box 10
Trial transcripts
Volume IV
Volume V
Volume VIII
Volume X
North Carolina Supreme Court (NCSC)
Additional brief
Defendant - appellant's brief
Submission - 3/7/1989
Bonnie Clark
North Carolina v. Bonnie Clark  (2 folders)
Box 11
Notes on jury selection
Closing
N.C. Supreme Court - North Carolina v. Robert Bacon, Jr.
Box 12
2008-0117-Video 001 Bacon Clemency Video Answer Print
2008-0117-Video 002 Bacon Clemency Video, Burncode dub of interview master
2008-0117-Video 003 Bacon Clemency Video, Burncode dub of interview master
2008-0117-Video 004 #2 Sentencing Bacon

David Junior Brown, 1980-1999
 (11 boxes)
David Junior Brown was convicted of two counts of first degree murder and sentenced to death in 1980. At trial, Brown's lawyers attacked the weaknesses in the State's evidence relating to the police investigation and the time of death. Fourteen years after Brown was sentenced to death, the State disclosed that the prosecutor had hidden evidence of innocence from defense counsel; a witness had seen the victims alive at a time that made it virtually impossible for Brown to have committed the crime. At the point at which the State disclosed the exculpatory evidence, Brown's case was in federal court. The federal courts ruled that Brown could not meet the standard for entitlement to habeas relief, and Brown was executed in November 1999.
Box 11
Discovery files
State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) lab work  (2 folders)
SBI general files  (2 folders)
SBI personal files
Box 13
Discovery files
SBI personal files
Brown's supplementary discovery  (4 folders)
SBI official reports
Brown articles
Union County documents
Box 14
Union County documents
Record on appeal
Appendices
Appendix to writ of habeas corpus
Appendix to state's brief  (2 folders)
Appendices C and D  (2 folders)
Jury investigation
Asheville files  (2 folders)
Box 15
Asheville 8/5/1996
Appendix C and D
Original trial transcripts
Volumes I-III
Volumes IV-V  (2 folders)
Volumes VI-VII
Box 16
Original trial transcripts
Volume VIII
Volumes VIII-IX
SBI files  (5 folders)
Box 17
SBI files
Discovery material from district attorney, 4/11/1995  (3 folders)
Investigation photos  (2 folders)
Crime scene photos  (2 folders)
Evidence
Information
Manuals, photos, and reports
Box 18
Evidence - documents and photos
Interviews  (2 folders)
Names and addresses
Interview notes
Original trial transcript, volumes VI-VII
Correspondence  (2 folders)
Brief of appellee
Evidence
Box 19
Discovery files
Crime scene evidence
Photos and notes
Interviews
District attorney's files  (2 folders)
Brown v. James French, Judge Cogburn 8/5/1996
Box 20
Brown v. James French, Judge Cogburn 8/5/1996  (3 folders)
Post-conviction correspondence, 1997-1999
Exhibits
SBI photos, crime scene before and after
Pinehurst police department, Don Davis investigation
Box 21
Writ of certiorari and motion for appropriate relief
Press and appeals
Supreme Court documents and uncategorized
U.S Court of Appeals documents
Supplemental discovery  (4 folders)
Box 22
Supplemental discovery  (8 folders)
Fourth Circuit filings, 11/21/1988; 1/17/1989; 2/17/1989

Frederick Camacho, 1995-1996
 (2 boxes)
Fred Camacho was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death in Mecklenburg County. The North Carolina Supreme Court reversed his conviction and sentence because of the failure of trial to instruct the jury on the lesser-included offense of second-degree murder. The prosecution and Camacho entered a plea bargain agreement following the reversal, resulting in a sentence less than death.
Box 23
Statement of the facts
Exhibits  (2 folders)
Transcripts
Pretrial motions  (2 folders)
Hearing on motion to strike death penalty  (3 folders)
Second trial guilty plea
Exhibits in support of motion to strike death penalty
Box 24
Exhibits in support of motion to strike death penalty  (4 folders)

Willie Ervin Fisher, 1980-1999
 (6 boxes)
Willie Fisher was charged with the April 1992 murder of his girlfriend. Fisher's attorney did not prepare for the trial adequately and neglected mental health and social history mitigating evidence. His attorney was disbarred mid-trial and Fisher was appointed a new lawyer who did not file a brief before the court's ruling. Fisher, an African American, was sentenced to death by a jury of 11 whites and one African American and was executed on March 9, 2001.
Box 24
U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Brief of appellant
Reply brief of appellant
Brief of appellee
Appendix - volume I
Appendix - volume II
Box 25
Appendix - volume III
Appendix to defendant's motion for appropriate relief
Briefs
State answer to motion of appriopriate relief
Respondent's answer to writ of habeas corpus
Motion of appropriate relief (MAR)
Fisher background information (digest)
Final order
Affidavits
Petitioner response to state's motion for summary judgment
State's pre-hearing motions
Fisher's statements
Dr. Matthew, psychiatrist
Recommendation of U.S. magistrate judge
Court's order regarding attorney/client waiver
Appointment motions - federal court
Correspondence with LEX group
Federal district court judgment
Box 26
Post-hearing proposed orders
Defendant response to summary judgment and motion for appropriate relief (MAR)
Writ of Certiorari
N.C. Supreme Court - briefs
Petition for clemency
Supplementary appendix to MAR
Volume II
Volume III
Exhibits from evidentiary hearing
Petition for rehearing
Petition for writ of certiorari matters
Fourth Circuit orders
N.C. Supreme Court orders
Appendix litigation
Abeyance motion
Tamer consent order of discipline
Habeas petition
Box 27
Reasons for granting writ
Application for certificate of appealability
U.S. Supreme Court docs
Evidence
Transcript of evidentiary hearing  (3 folders)
Motion to reconsider denial of motion for appropriate relief
Petition for writ of certiorari information
Post oral argument developments
Petitioner's objection to magistrate order
Social history
Writ of habeas corpus documents
U.S. Fourth Circuit brief and reply
Press
Box 28
Appendix to motion for appropriate relief  (2 folders)
Transcript of evidentiary hearing  (2 folders)
Memorandum opinion and final order
State bar v. David F. Tamer  (2 folders)
Trial transcript
Volume I  (3 folders)
Box 29
Trial transcript
Volume II  (2 folders)
Volume III  (3 folders)
Volume IV

Harvey Lee Green, Jr., 1983-1999
 (9 boxes)
Harvey Lee Green, Jr. was charged with two counts of murder for the 1983 killings of a Bethel, North Carolina store clerk and customer. Green was sentenced to death, but the North Carolina Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing hearing because jurors were prevented from considering mitigating evidence. Green was resentenced to death in 1992 and, after a series of failed appeals relating to the exclusion of African Americans on the jury, was executed on September 24, 1999.
Box 29
Jury
Jurors excused/deferred
Jury instructions
Jury questionnaire
Box 30
Jury questionnaire  (3 folders)
Jury list and selection
Expense sheet
Crime scene photo
State Bureau of Investigation lab report
Defendant's exhibits
Witnesses
Interviews  (3 folders)
Defendant's statements
Conference notes - client
Autopsy  (2 folders)
Psychological/psychiatric evaluation
Miscellaneous records
Military records
Defendant's releases to attorney
Motions
Box 31
Motions  (2 folders)
Case law  (2 folders)
Case notes and supplement
Newspaper articles
State's exhibits
Research notes
Draft of motion 15
Subpoenas
State's case
Chargeable time slips
Attorney to-do lists
Opening/closing arguments
Department of Corrections files  (2 folders)
Appellate defender conferences
School records  (2 folders)
Social history
Fort Leavenworth records
Army records
Interviews
Individuals  (6 folders)
Box 32
Interviews
Individuals
Community leaders
Harvey Lee Green, Jr.
Friends
Family
Pitt County defense attorneys
Summary of records
Prior psychological evaluations
Releases
Prison achievements
Green's autobiographical statement
Judge's order denying relief
Federal discovery request - 11/6/1996
Motion to N.C. Supreme Court to extend time - 6/26/1996
State's memo and opposition to extend time
N.C. Supreme Court denial of time extension
Order setting execution date - 7/5/1996
Correspondence - execution date
Petition for NCSC writ of certiorari - 7/12/1996
State motion to dismiss writ - 7/23/1996
NCSC orders - 7/31/1996
Pre-MAR funding pleadings  (2 folders)
Greenville news
News clippings - 1983 to 1992
Correspondence  (3 folders)
Contact list
Box 33
Calendars from Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC)
Court martial
Miscellaneous trial notes
Defendant's exhibits
Department of Corrections files
Educational records
Letters from Green
Autopsy photographs
Fees and expenses
Attorney notes
Conference with Tye
Harvey Lee Green, Jr.
Witnesses
Pitt County voter breakouts
Correspondence
Affidavits and records  (2 folders)
Jury information  (2 folders)
Jury research
Summaries of cases
Final copy of exhibits
SBI lab reports
Investigator's statement
Pitt County district attorney's staff
Case law
State v. Trent
State v. Plowden
State v. Newton
State v. Walks
State v. Mewborn
State v. Adams
State v. Warren
Box 34
Case law
State v. Forbes
State v. Bazemore
State v. Sneed
Fletcher Hagan murder
Braswell case clippings
State v. Parker clippings
Newspaper searches
Batson litigation investigation
Dwayne Smith
Transcript - 7/24/1987
N.C. Supreme Court record on appeal
N.C. Supreme Court motion submissions
Transcript - 5/8/1989 and 7/24/1989  (2 folders)
McCleskey - Pitt County homicide case
McCleskey - summary of homicide data
Case law summaries
Juror notes
Pitt County jury information
Box 35
Pitt County jury information
Pitt County population information
Affidavits  (2 folders)
Jury selection and composition
Jury documents
Pitt County voter breakouts
Case law
State v. Moore  (2 folders)
State v. Braswell  (2 folders)
State v. Parker  (2 folders)
State v. C.J. Jones
State v. Thomas
State v. Hardy  (2 folders)
Notice and order
N.C. Supreme Court second addendum to record
Transcript digest
Motion for appropriate relief
Defendant's statements
State's response to writs
N.C. Supreme Court documents
U.S. Supreme Court documents
Petition for writ of habeas corpus
Exhibits  (2 folders)
Box 36
N.C. Supreme Court - defendant's brief
N.C. Supreme Court - supplemental brief
Order for date of execution - 8/1999
Clemency
Affidavits
U.S. Circuit Court joint appendix  (2 folders)
September 1999 appeals  (3 folders)
U.S. Supreme Court - 9/1999
Transcript excerpts
Box 37
Second motion for appropriate relief  (3 folders)
State court discovery litigation  (3 folders)
Fourth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court  (3 folders)

Zane Hill, 1987-1999
 (5 boxes)
Zane Hill was convicted of the January 1990 first-degree murder of his son. Hill's lawyers argued that he was acting in self-defense and that the victim was wielding a pistol. Hill was sentenced to death and was executed on August 14, 1998.
Box 38
Transcript - sentencing
Medical records  (9 folders)
State's exhibits
Criminal history
Information
Printouts  (4 folders)
Curtis Hill
Burglary and assault - 11/8/1989
Arrest warrant - 1/1/1990
Interview summaries - law-related professionals
Medical releases
Superior court documents
Court order regarding motion for appropriate relief
School records
Attorney-client motion
Motion for appropriate relief
Motion for appropriate relief court file
McDowall's notes: murder
Discovery from state
Motions
Box 39
Defendant's sister  (2 folders)
Medical records
Correspondence and releases
Burglary - 11/29/1990
Divorce - 1987
Wrongful death - Randall Zane Hill
Murder documents
Kidnapping - 1/1/1990
Kidnapping indictment - 1/1/1990
Verdict templates
Character witnesses
Subpoenas
Motion for stay of execution - 7/10/1995
Transcript - 9/27/1990
Motion for appropriate relief - 3/2/1994
State's answer to writ of habeas corpus
Administrative Office of the Courts memo on attorney fees
N.C. Supreme Court (NCSC) denial of writ of certiorari, 7/3/1995
Stay motion and NCSC documents, 7/1995
Stay orders - Judge Mullen
Trial transcript, 8/26/1994 - volume II  (2 folders)
Box 40
N.C. Supreme Court
Notes
Writ of certiorari
Opposition brief and reply - 1/1993
Briefs
Order dismissing writ of habeas corpus - 3/31/1997
Transcript - 9/19/1991  (2 folders)
Transcript errors and statement of case
Affidavit of indigency
Voluntary discovery and Brady v. Maryland
Warrant for arrest - 12/20/1989
Commitment petitions
Direct/cross notes
Issues and recommendations as to punishment
Case law
Interview forms (jail)
Closing form
Transcript of plea
Appearance bond
Release orders
SBI final disposition report
Trial court file
Haywood County Hospital
Memorial Mission Hospital
Notes
Orders  (2 folders)
Petition for writ of habeas corpus
Box 41
Respondent support for answer re: writ of habeas corpus and motion summary judgment
Defendant's exhibits  (2 folders)
Brief for state
Exhibits  (2 folders)
Trial transcript  (2 folders)
Box 42
Trial transcript
Transcript - 9/27/1990
2008-0117-Disk 001: Motions
[Contents of disk have been migrated to the library server. Please contact a reference archivist for access.]

David Earl Huffstetler, 1983-1995
 (5 boxes)
David Earl Huffstetler was convicted by a jury in Gaston County, North Carolina, for the first degree murder of his mother-in-law. Huffstetler had medical issues, many of which were deemed terminal by his physicians. He completed his first set of appeals through the state and federal courts, and filed a successor state motion for appropriate relief that was pending at the time of his natural death on September 15, 1995. Huffstetler's case file includes dozens of documentary videos.
[Original recordings are closed to research. Use copies must be made before contents can be accessed.]
Box 42
Motion for appropriate relief (MAR) transcript  (2 folders)
Trial transcript  (4 folders)
N.C. Superior Court motion for appropriate relief
Box 43
Family photos  (2 folders)
Personal correspondence
Amended MAR
Background information
Will and medical records
N.C. Superior Court transcript  (2 folders)
U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Brief of appellees
Brief of appellant
Motion for appropriate relief and amendments
Order - motion for appropriate relief
Petition for writ of habeas corpus
Box 44
Appendix to writ of habeas corpus
Judgment - writ of habeas corpus and motion summary judgment
Oral argument
Transcript - motion summary judgment
Assorted legal documents  (2 folders)
2008-0117-Disk 004: David Earl Huffstetler data
[Contents of disk have been migrated to the library server. Please contact a reference archivist for access.]
Videos
[Original recordings are closed to research. Use copies must be made before contents can be accessed.]
Box 45
2008-0117-Video 005: #4 Window Dub, TRT 57:00, TC hr 6
2008-0117-Video 006: #1 Window Dub, TRT 1:41, TC hrs 1,2
2008-0117-Video 007: #7 Window Dub, TRT :29 min, TC hr 10
2008-0117-Video 008: Legal Soundbite Bundle
2008-0117-Video 009: #5 Window Dub, TRT 1:52, TC hrs 7,8
2008-0117-Video 010: #7 Window Dub, TRT :29 min, TC hr 10
2008-0117-Video 011: #2 Window Dub, TRT 1:37, TC hrs 3,4
2008-0117-Video 012: #3 Window Dub, TRT :38 min, TC hr 5
2008-0117-Video 013: #6 Window Dub, TRT :21 min, TC hr 6
2008-0117-Video 014: Legal Soundbite Bundle (Betacam)
2008-0117-Video 015: Family History Bundle (Betacam)
2008-0117-Video 016: Legal Soundbite Bundle
2008-0117-Video 017: Legal Soundbite Bundle
2008-0117-Video 018: Tape 1 Window Burn
2008-0117-Video 019: Tape 2 Window Burn
Videos
[Original recordings are closed to research. Use copies must be made before contents can be accessed.]
Box 46
2008-0117-Video 020: Tape 3 Window Burn
2008-0117-Video 021: #5 Window Dub TRT 1:52, TC hrs 7,8
2008-0117-Video 022: Tape 2 Window Burn
2008-0117-Video 023: #3 Window Dub TRT :38, TC hr 5
2008-0117-Video 024: Legal Soundbite Bundle
2008-0117-Video 025: Edit Master-Huffstetler Family History Bundle (BetacamSP)
2008-0117-Video 026: Edit Master-Clemency Tape (BetacamSP)
2008-0117-Video 027: Legal Soundbite Master (BetacamSP)

Joseph Timothy Keel, 1986-2003
 (26 boxes)
Timothy Keel was convicted of the July 1990 first-degree murder of his father-in-law. Keel received the death penalty in part because of his previous conviction for the involuntary manslaughter of his infant son. Keel was mentally retarded and had brain damage. The defense argued that the full extent of Keel's mental issues was not presented to the jury. After a series of appeals and reversals, Timothy Keel was executed on November 7, 2003. At 26 boxes, this case file is the largest in this collection and includes extensive information regarding Keel's mental health.
Box 47
Motions and jury selection, volume I  (2 folders)
Motions and jury selection, volume II
Motion for imposition of life sentence, 1/31/2002
Motion for appropriate relief (MAR), 1995
Petition for writ of ceriorari, 3/28/2003
Proportionality argument
Affidavit from juror (incomplete)
Governor correspondence, 10/16/2003
United States Supreme Court (USSC) draft
Department of Corrections (DOC) releases
Summerlin v. Stewart
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals successive cases
Writ of certiorari and motion to stay execution, 7/26/1999  (2 folders)
Case law
Box 48
Trial transcript - 3/15/1993, volume V  (2 folders)
In forma pauperis draft
1994 appellate brief
MAR, 12/21/1995
Affidavit of C.B.
Order from USSC, 8/21/2003
Letter from C.W. re: destroyed files, 11/8/2002
Affidavit of C.W.
MAR, 1/31/2002
GED test
USSC - habeas corpus and stay of execution, 11/6/2003
State responses to habeas corpus and writ of certiorari
Case law  (2 folders)
Writ of certiorari, 11/2003
Box 49
Respondent support of answer to habeas corpus and motion summary judgment, 2/15/1996
Press
USSC docs, 11/6/2003
Motion to file successive habeas corpus petitions, 10/13/2003
Writ of habeas corpus and state's response, 10-11/2003
Jury notes and interviews, 2003
Clemency, 2003  (2 folders)
MAR docs, 11/2003
N.C. Lawyer's Weekly, 9/29/2003
Photographs
Expert witness fee documents
North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) file
Witness statements
Exhibits  (2 folders)
Box 50
SBI lab reports
Exhibits  (5 folders)
SBI report, attachment 7
Transcript digest
Box 51
State v. Amy Keel
Witness statements
Evidence
Keel's polygraph, 9/2001
Requests for files, 11/2001
Amy Keel interview notes
Defendant's life and biography
Victor Keel medical records
The players, 7/1995
Press
Trial transcript, 12/1986
Interviews
Potential interview list
Interview summaries, 1995
Interview summaries - family members, 1995
Amy Keel's statements
Interviews with E.M. and D.K.
Interview summaries - trial/appellate counsel
K. H. file
Summary of attorney's files
C. W. notes
Victor Matthew Keel
Box 52
State v. Keel, 1986-1987
Psychologist/neuropsychologist
Interview with family
Newspapers
DOC records
Catalogues of documents
Older correspondence
Criminal record check
Prior convictions
DNA
Witness list
Victor Matthew Keel - medical examiner's report
Motion for life sentence
Petition for writ of certiorari
DOC health files
Court documents  (2 folders)
Mental health files
Mental retardation law
Beta test information
Dr.'s testimony
Neuropsych evaluation
Psych evaluation
Doctor's file
Box 53
USSC - appendix to petition for writ of certiorari, volume II
Doctor's file
Court documents - Victor Matthew Keel case  (2 folders)
Daily Southerner, 1987-1991
Keel file index
MAR, 12/21/1995
Attorney's notes
Transcript digest
Memoranda
Sentencing
Sentencing transcript, 10/30/1995
Correspondence - trial counsel
Order procedurally barring MAR, 1/18/1996
Petitioner's 4th circuit brief
North Carolina Supreme Court (NCSC) State v. Keel, 12/1992
State's response to habeas petition
Habeas petition, 1/29/1996
NCSC petition for writ of certiorari
Stay of execution order granted, 7/13/1995
Judgment of death, 11/27/1995
Cert petition and motion for stay of execution, 12/21/1995
Motion for stay of execution - district court, 12/21/1995
Order granting stay (draft), 12/1995
State's response to motion for stay of execution, 12/22/1995
Motion for clarification of order, 1/17/1996
State's motion to procedurally bar MAR, 1/3/1996
Appointment of counsel
Keel's releases
Box 54
Orders re: stays
NCSC brief for state, 2/7/1994
NCSC record on appeal, 10/20/1993
NCSC defendant/appellant brief
USSC petition for writ of certiorari, 1/27/1995
USSC petition for writ of certiorari, 2/1/1995
USSC extension for writ, 12/1/1994
USSC extension of time
Order setting date of execution, 6/24/1999
Motion requesting NCSC relief, 7/16/1999
Order denying relief, 7/1999
DOC file
Jury selections
Pre-trial motions
Sample opening statements
Defendant's cross
Charge to jury
Newspaper clippings  (2 folders)
Case law
Biographical information
Box 55
Motion to continue, 1991
Pre-trial motions, 1991
Request for discovery, 1991
NCSC ruling, 1992
NCSC state brief, 9/2/1992
Motions, 1993  (2 folders)
NCSC ruling, 1994
NCSC brief for state, 1994
Issues and recommendations, 1993
USSC application for extension of time, 12/1994
NCSC certiorari petition, 1994
Motion for appointment of counsel, 1995
NCSC order dismissing petition for supersedeas, 1995
Stay of execution, 1995
Samples - federal appeals on habeas corpus
Petition for certiorari/supersedeas and motion for stay of execution, 1995
Motion for stay of execution, 1995
State's motion for summary judgment of petition for habeas corpus, 1996
Affidavit in support of in forma pauperis, 1/29/1996
USSC - state's response to defendant's petition for certiorari, 1/9/1996
Order denying motion for clarification, 1996
NCSC orders denying certiorari petition, 12/27/1995
Motion to suspend page limitation, 2/9/1996
State's response to N.C. District Court petition for habeas corpus, 2/15/1996
State's response to habeas petition
Motion to extend time, 4/9/1996
Order granting motion to extend time, 4/10/1996
NCSC certiorari petition - writ of mandamus, 5/9/1996
State's motion to give notice of exhaustion of all claims, 5/13/1996
State's response to writ of certiorari and writ of mandamus, 5/13/1996
Order denying writ of ceritorari and writ of mandamus, 7/30/1996
Application to extend time to file USSC writ of certiorari, 10/16/1996
Correspondence regarding USSC writ of certiorari, 1996-1997
N.C. District Court petition for habeas corpus, 1996-1997
State response to habeas appeal to USSC, 2/1996
Attorney's motion to withdraw as counsel, 10/15/1996
Records, 2002-2003
Box 56
State's motion to amend order, 12/1997
N.C. District Court notice of appeal, 3/2/1998
Appeal for certificate of probable cause, 5/14/1998
Motion to file brief out of time, 4/1998
Application for certificate of appealability and draft, 4/1998
Petition for writ of certiorari, 1/2/1997
Order for certificate of appealability, 4/30/1998
4th Circuit appeal - state's brief, 5/8/1998
Reply brief of defendant, 5/20/1998
State's additional authority, 9/2/1998
Habeas corpus petition and appeals files
Motion for discovery - additional authority, 7/1998
State's response to motion for discovery, 5/11/1998
Notice of change of address, 12/4/1998
Memorandum regarding additional authority, 8/1999
Keel v. French chronology
Motion for discovery, 5/1998
Transcript of hearing, 9/3/1999
Petition for writ of certiorari, 2/26/2003
Memorandum opinion and final order, 1/27/2003
Notice of appeal, 3/23/1987
MAR, 4/6/1987
Attorney fees, 1987 case
1987 case court documents
Motion for imposition of life sentence, 1/31/2002
Legal correspondence, 1/2003
Court response to motions, 10/16/2002
Second motion to stay retardation hearing, 10/7/2002
Petition for writ of certiorari, 3/28/2003
Production of records correspondence  (2 folders)
Affidavit of E.H.
1987 transcript digest
Box 57
Authorization for expert witnesses
Order appointing counsel, 12/12/2000
4th Circuit oral argument notes  (2 folders)
Transcript of Edgecombe County Court, 12/12/2000
Transcript of Edgecombe County Court, 9/21/2001
Ex parte motion to allow transportation, 7/1999
Petition for writ of supersedeas and motion for temporary stay, 9/27/1999
Memorandum of additional information to state's petition for writ of prohibition, 7/1999  (2 folders)
NCSC order denying writ of certiorari, 8/19/1999
Additional info to defendant's response to writ of prohibition, 8/2/1999
Defendant's response to writ of prohibition, 8/1999  (2 folders)
Order setting date of execution, 9/2/1999
State's motion to vacate, 9/1/1999  (3 folders)
DOC warden's reply to Keel's response, 9/6/1999
State's motion for court to make findings of fact and conclusions of law, 9/20/1999
Transcript of 9/22/1999
Petition for writs of prohibition, mandus, certiorari, 9/27/1999
Box 58
Interview files
Mental health documents
Motion to stay, 10/3/2002
Exhibits, 1999-2001
Judgment and commitment, 1987
Request for stay of execution, 7/26/1999
Affidavit of JHF, 1986
Judgment, 1986
Notice of appeal, 1986
Discovery, 1991
Motion to support defendant's statements, 4/18/1991
4th Circuit documents, 1998
NCSC documents, 1999-2001
State's bench brief, 12/12/2000
Mental retardation documents
DOC visitation information
Correspondence, 2003
Press, 1999
Lift of stay of execution, 9/2003
Transcript excerpts
NCSC petition for writ of certiorari, 2/1995
Clemency
Writ of certiorari, 2003
Box 59
Exhibits  (2 folders)
Issues - verdict
State's answer to jury determination of death penalty, 9/10/2002
Transcript, certified 8/30/2002
State's answer to defendant's second MAR, 4/16/2002
DOC file
Memo opinion and final order, 1/27/2003
Defense exhibits
Defense exhibits and notes  (2 folders)
Trial transcript - volume I, 10/7/2002
DOC disciplinary records
Box 60
DOC files
Defense exhibits
Press clippings
Correspondence  (5 folders)
Box 61
Correspondence  (4 folders)
Medical records  (3 folders)
Certified copies of judgment, 1986
Discovery documents
Pictures and certificates
Photo of Keel family
School records
Medical records summaries
United Nations correspondence
Box 62
Affidavits
Sallenger affidavit
K.R. affidavit
S.B. affidavit
Mental health
Medical records and notes  (2 folders)
Mental health documents
N.C. DOC medical records
DOC psychiatric evaluation, 5/6/1987
N.C. Division of Health records, 1984-1985
Mental health exhibits
Brain scans, 9/30/1999
Mental retardation tests and notes
Neuropsychological evaluation, 5/10/1991
Transcript, 1/15/1996
Motions for appropriate relief
Box 63
Motion to recuse or disqualify, 01/1996
Petition for writ of habeas corpus, 10/2003
Transcript, 12/8/1986
Drafts and releases, 2003
Mental retardation documents
Mental health reference material
Facts
Trial transcript, 8/12/1991 - volume I  (2 folders)
Trial transcript, 8/12/1991 - volume II  (2 folders)
Box 64
Trial transcript, 8/12/1991 - volume II
Trial transcript, 8/12/1991 - volume III
Trial transcript, 8/12/1991 - volume IV
Record on appeal
Transcript digest
Transcript, 01/15/1996
Annotated DSM-IV mental health manual
Joint appendix files  (2 folders)
Box 65
Joint appendix files  (2 folders)
Trial transcript, 10/7/2002 - volume II
Petition for involuntary commitment, 11/27/1984
Issues and recommendations as to punishment, 3/30/1993
USSC appendix to writ of certiorari
Attorney legal files
Mental health records
Published opinion, 1998
Application for habeas corpus, 6/1999
Proposed findings of fact, 9/1999
Subpoenas for hearing in Wake Couty, 9/3/1999
State's motion to lift stay, 6/1/2001
Order granting discovery and setting deadline for claims, 10/11/2001
Mitigating factors  (2 folders)
Box 66
Supplemental joint appendix, 12/1997
Brief of petitioner, 4/1998
Brief of appellee, 5/1998
Brief of petitioner, 5/1998
Evidence and verdicts
NCSC state's response to petition for writ of certiorari
Petition for writ of certiorari, 8/1999
Motion for leave to proceed, 5/1999
Flynn
WRAT-3 testing, 1/8/2002
Statements, 1990
Psychologist file
J.W. file
Dr. file
Evans Harrell
Research
Box 67
Case law
PET scan
Medical records  (4 folders)
DOC medical records
Attorney files  (2 folders)
Box 68
Notes and correspondence
Request for instructions - guilt/innocence phase
Discovery, 1986
Court documents
Judgment and sentencing, 1991
Research
Correspondence
Attorney correspondence, 1993
Attorney correspondence with defendant, 2/6/1993
Correspondence with the state
DOC medical documents
Jury selection, 1991
Letters to Sallenger
Subpoenas
Jury materials, 1993
Investigative information - resources
Notes
Defendant affidavit, 10/15/1995
Potential state witnesses
Sample cases and statutes
Petition for rehearing, 12/21/1998
Decision on petition for rehearing
Application for extension of time to file petition of certiorari, 10/1998
Notice of caledaring
Petition for certiorari/supersedeas, motion for stay of execution
Published opinion - 4th Circuit, 12/1998
Capital murder research
Attorney notes - jurors
Draft of MAR
Jury selection - rehab questions
Notes
Recusal issue
Research
Drs. files  (2 folders)
Research and notes
CJA fee request paperwork
Research regarding rules and procedures
Post-conviction issues - CDPL seminar
Box 69
Death penalty contacts
Notes, 3/18/1997
DOC medical records  (5 folders)
Motion to stay execution, 9/13/1999
Motion to stay execution exhibits
Mental health/ability files  (2 folders)
Box 70
Mental health evidence  (2 folders)
Trial transcript, 12/11/1986
Stay of execution motions - other defendants
Attorney's notes
Jury list, 1991
Uncategorized notes
Tarboro survey, 1993
Orders
Motions
Attorney time sheets
Request for mitigating factors
Transcript digest
Subpoenas
List of exhibits
Student work product
USSC writ of certiorari, 10/2003
Correspondence
Affidavits
Box 71
Trial transcripts, 3/15/1993
Volume I
Volume II
Volume III
Volume IV  (2 folders)
Volume V
Volume VI
Volume VII
Volume VIII
Volume IX
Box 72
Press
Orders
Arrest and release documents
Uncategorized trial transcripts
2008-0117-Disk 007: Keel medical records
[Contents of disk have been migrated to the library server. Please contact a reference archivist for access.]

Gary Wayne Long, 1995-2003
 (7 boxes)
Gary Long was indicted in February 1998 for the first-degree murder of his mother. Long was tried capitally and found guilty of first-degree murder on the basis of premeditation and deliberation. Following a capital sentencing proceeding, the jury recommended a sentence of death. Long's lawyers appealed the decision and on January 7, 2002 the North Carolina Supreme Court granted the defendant's request for a resentencing, citing absence of mitigating evidence at the initial trial. Long was resentenced to life in prison without parole on November 11, 2003.
Box 72
2008-0117-Disk 008: Gary Wayne Long data, 10/2/2002
2008-0117-Disk 003: Gary Wayne Long data
[Contents of disk have been migrated to the library server. Please contact a reference archivist for access.]
Copies of records  (2 folders)
Medical and police records
D. Grey's bill
Expenses
Correspondence
T. King, 1999
P. Green
Attorney
Church of Holy Family (CHF)
Client
Sample pleadings
Arrest report, 1998
Case law summaries
Telephone records, 1995-1998
Jury questions
Mitigation and consultation documents
Request for mitigating circumstances
Records/individuals consulted
Dorothea Dix hospital, 5/4/1999
Dorothea Dix reports, 1998-1999
Notes from D. Grey
DOC mental and medical health records
Box 73
DOC mental and medical health records
Attorney notes
Interviews  (7 folders)
Contact list
Crime scene report
Interviews  (7 folders)
North Carolina Supreme Court (NCSC) opinion
Police reports
T. Thompson
Time of death information
Dr. Wilson
Long's biographical timeline
Non-statutory mitigating factors
Victim's medical records  (2 folders)
Dr. Mason
Jury instructions
State discovery
Mitigation  (2 folders)
Health records  (12 folders)
Box 74
Rowan County involuntary commitment
Chronological review of records
Disability under Social Security Act
Correspondence
Defendant's releases
Felony case report (Grey)
School records
Social history (Grey)
Interviews  (14 folders)
Long's timeline
Employment
Mitigation themes - first trial
Correspondence
Client
Client - pre-trial
T. King
Kannapolis police department
Victim's family members
State Bureau of Investigation (SBI)
Trial attorneys
Autopsy report  (2 folders)
Defendant's genogram
Medical files  (4 folders)
MMPI data (defendant and victim)  (2 folders)
Releases (Grey)
Mitigating documents
Department of Corrections (DOC) death row roster, 2002
Rowan County probation records
Salisbury Post clippings, 9/16/1999
Crime scene report
Defense witness list
State's witness list
District attorney's (DA) trial notes
Evidence log
DA's order of witnesses
Jurors
Ambulance report
Priors
Pre-trial court orders
Rowan County Detention Center - inmate telephone numbers
Salisbury ENT clinic
Motions for expert funding
Expert payments
SBI lab reports
King - billing records
Victim's records  (4 folders)
Kannapolis Police Department (KPD) files  (3 folders)
Box 75
Kannapolis Police Department (KPD) files  (2 folders)
Doctors' files  (9 folders)
List of KPD officers, 5/13/1999
Interviews  (8 folders)
Victim's death certificate
Time of death
Transfer order, 12/10/2002
Transcript digest
T. Thompson - trial counsel
Motion to continue, 2002
King - fee schedule (trial)
Correspondence  (4 folders)
Jurors
Discovery motion, 2002
Discovery order, 2002
Defendant's criminal record
Assault of female charge, 1997
Statute of limitations
Transfer motion, 10/31/2002
State v. Hayes
K. Rose - field notes
Pro hac vice motion, 10/18/2002
Pro hac vice order
Preservation motion
Motion for extension of time, 1/13/2003
Assignment of counsel  (2 folders)
Motion to transport for evaluation
NCSC opinion - direct appeal, 12/18/2001
Motion for appropriate relief (MAR)
Testimony of Officer Ballard, 9/6/1999
Defense opening statement, 9/6/1999
Box 76
Transcripts
Transcript I(a), 9/7/1999
Transcript II, 9/6/1999
Rule 24 hearing, 3/17/1998
Arraignment, 4/8/1998
Motion, 5/3/1999
Motion, 8/20/1999
Competency hearing, 9/2/1999
Volume I, 9/7 through 9/10/1999  (3 folders)
Trial notebook  (2 folders)
Trial notebook uncategorized
Box 77
Trial notebook
T. Thompson's files  (3 folders)
Jury questionnaire
Mitigation notebook #1 (Grey's)  (2 folders)
Mitigation notebook #2
Box 78
Mitigation notebook #2
Notebook on jury
P. Green's files  (2 folders)
Trial transcript - volume III, 9/14/1999  (2 folders)
Excerpts from DA's argument
Defense attorney's closing
Uncategorized legal documents

James Lewis Martin, Jr., 1980-1998
 (6 boxes)
James Martin was tried and sentenced to death for a double murder in Montgomery County, Alabama. His capital-murder conviction and death sentence followed a trial proceeding in which the prosecution failed to disclose several pieces of material evidence. The Alabama Court of Appeals found that there was a reasonable probability that disclosure of the suppressed evidence would have produced a different result at Martin's trial. Martin subsequently pled guilty to two counts of murder and was sentenced to life in prison.
Box 79
Case law and research material  (4 folders)
Case law  (4 folders)
Box 80
Case law  (5 folders)
Hypnosis  (2 folders)
Defendant's family background information
Defendant's background information
DHR health records
Box 81
Depositions and interviews  (11 folders)
Circuit court documents
Uncategorized legal documents
Legal documents and case law  (2 folders)
Pre-sentence report
Transcript excerpts  (2 folders)
Box 82
Transcript excerpts
Transcript - rule 24 hearing, 9/8/1998  (2 folders)
2008-0117-Disk 005/Disk 006: Dr. Sultan documents  (2 disks)
[Contents of disk have been migrated to the library server. Please contact a reference archivist for access.]
Reference materials
Interviews  (17 folders)
Synopsis of investigation
Victim's impact report
Case action summary
Notes
Supplementary offense report #85
Offense and defendant details
Suspects wanted for questioning
Press
Trial transcript - volume VIII, 5/29/1992
Supplement to discovery
Box 83
Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) records
Defendant's testing
ADOC disciplinary records
Attorney's notes
ADOC documents
Alabama Capital Reporter, 1993-1994
Case law
Interviews
Correspondence
Court documents  (3 folders)
Box 84
Court documents
Deposition documents
Motions
Financial documents

Elton Ozell McLaughlin, 1984-2006
 (20 boxes)
Elton McLaughlin and an accomplice, Eddie Carson Robinson, were sentenced to death in 1985 for killing James Worley as part of a murder-for-hire plot for Sheila Worley, James' wife. McLaughlin and Robinson later killed Sheila Worley and her five year-old daughter to prevent them from talking to the police. After the North Carolina Supreme Court vacated his original death sentence, McLaughlin was resentenced to death in 1993. He was removed from death row in 2006 following a judge's ruling that he was mentally retarded, and therefore ineligible for the death penalty.
Box 87
1984 trial volumes
Pretrial
Volumes 1-5
Box 88
Volumes 6-8
News clippings, 1984
Trial transcripts, 1984 (2 folders)
Box 89
Transcript: State v. Elton McLaughlin and Eddie Carson Robinson, 1984
Trial summaries, Elton McLaughlin and Eddie Carson Robinson, 1984
Trial transcripts, 1984
Trial summary, 1984
Transcript and Motion to Withdraw, 1984
Orders, motions, notices, 1984
Transcript and Motion for Additional Extension of Time, 1984
Box 90
Prison files, 1984
Exhibits and evidence, 1984 (3 folders)
Victim autopsies and lab reports, 1984
Inventories of seized property, Indigent appeal, Appointment of counsel
Affidavits
Jury, 1984
Forms
Arraignment
Expert witness
Judgment
Appellate entries
Subpoenas
Witness attendance certificates
Arrest warrants
Indictment: murder
Writ of Habeas Corpus
Record on Appeal, 1984
Motions and orders, 1984
Trial summary, 1984
Subpoenas, 1984
Box 91
Court paperwork, billing, 1986-2006
Expenses
Witness files, interview notes, 1997-2006
North Carolina Screening and Observation, 1958-1965
Mental and medical evaluations, 1984-2005
News clippings, 1986-1990
Briefs and trial materials: Eddie Carson Robinson (3 folders)
Eddie Carson Robinson testimony and transcript, 1984
Box 92
Expenses, notes
Oral argument notes
Pleadings and orders
Arrest warrant, 1984
Case law, 1984
News articles, 1984
Jury selection, 1984
Confessions, 1984
Eddie Carson Robinson, 1984
Physical evidence, 1984
Psychiatric evidence, 1984
Closing arguments, 1984
Sentencing, 1984
Issues and recommendations as to punishment, 1984
Transcript of sentencing stage, 1984
Notes and opinions, 1988
MAR: Eddie Carson Robinson, 1969
Notes on case, no date
Correspondence, 1984
Notes: exceptions, appellate defenders
Notes: motions ruled on
Special session, 1984
Assignments of error, 1986
Pyschiatric evaluations, 1994-2005
Criminal record checks, jury selection
Box 93
Briefs for the State, 1987-1988 (2 folders)
Defendant/Appellate and State briefs, 1988
Appeal, 1988
Motions, briefs, supplemental briefs, 1988
Trial materials, 1988
Mills v. Maryland applied to State v. McLaughlin, 1988
Opinions filed, Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1988
Box 94
Briefs, 1988 (2 folders)
Appeal, 1988
Briefs, motions, appendices, 1988
Orders, motions, 2002-2003
Petition for Writ of Certiorari, 2003
Motion to dismiss, 2003
Box 95
1993 trial volumes
Pretrial
Volumes 1-4
Box 96
Volumes 5-10
Box 97
Volumes 11-12
Notes
Transcript notes
Trial (2 folders)
Permanent file copy
Assignments of error
Motion to amend record of appeal, 1994
Box 98
Defendant-Appellate's brief, 1994
Addendums to the record, 1987 and 1994
Briefs for the State
Defendant-Appellate's Briefs, 1994 (2 folders)
Trial summary, 1994-1995
Box 99
MAR, 1997 (2)
Brief for the State, 1997
Motions and orders, including MARs, 1997-1998
Corrected Defendant-Appellate's Brief, 1998
Exhibits from MAR hearing, 1998 (3 folders)
Box 100
North Carolina Interal records: field notes, investigation reports, 1984 (2 folders)
Interviews, 1984
Murder trial, 1974
Orders for payment and judgment against indigent
Case notes and summaries, 1984-1997
Appellate lawyers correspondence and briefs, 1988-1990
Notes for resentencing, 1993
Box 101
Briefs, 1990
Pleadings, orders, motions, 1992-1995 (4 folders)
Briefs and Writs of Certiorari, 1995
Memorandum opinion and final order, 1998
Motions, petitions, orders, 1998-1999 (2 folders)
Motion to proceed in forma Pauperis, 1999
Brief in opposition to Writ of Certiorari, 1999
Box 102
Pleadings, motions, orders, 2000-2006 (10)
Box 103
Miscellaneous ( "hearing" ) folder (2 folders)
Resentencing, 1992-1993
Motions
Witnesses
Correspondence
Notes
Motions and orders, 1992-1993
Hearing transcript notes, 1993
Procedural claim and MAR: student notes
Jury, 1993
Motions, 1993
Jury selection questions, 1993
Box 104
Motions and orders, 1999-2004
Affidavits and application for Habeas Corpus, 2000-2004
Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, 1999-2000
Evidentiary hearing, 2005
Appeal, 2005-2006
Trial transcript, 1975 (involuntary manslaughter)
Appeal, 1988 (Mills v. Maryland)
Robinson decision, 1994
Non-Harrison case
Case laws (3 folders)
Box 105
Pleadings, motions, orders, 1999-2004
Chronological files
May 1984-Dec. 1984
1985-July 1988
Aug. 1988-1992
1993
1994-1997
Appointment of CDPL to case, 1996-1997
Appointing counsel, 1996-1999
Recommendations as to Punishment; judgments; orders, 1988-1995
North Carolina Supreme Court decisions; 1988 and 1995
Box 106
Attorney notes, 1997-2000
Petitions and motions, 1999-2000
Correspondence, 1984-2006 (11 folders)

Phillip Thomas Robbins, Jr., 1982-1992
 (2 boxes)
Phillip Robbins was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to death in Durham County, North Carolina. One of the convictions was overturned on appeal because of a faulty jury instruction. The second conviction was reversed in motion for appropriate relief proceedings. He was never retried and in 2002, following the passage of legislation to exempt persons with mental retardation from the death penalty, Robbins was adjudicated as mentally retarded and resentenced to life in prison.
Box 84
Condensed transcript
Transcripts - motion for appropriate relief (MAR) proceedings, 11/16/1992
Volume I  (3 folders)
Volume II  (2 folders)
Volume III
Transcript, 11/23/1992
Box 85
Amendment to MAR, 10/31/1990
Contact lists
North Carolina Supreme Court appellant's brief, 3/4/1986
Motion to suppress defendant's statements, 5/1991
Package from North Carolina Superior Court
Prior charges
Physician file
Expert witness motions
Mental health
Interview information
Correspondence
Uncategorized documents
Trial transcript - volume IV, 11/8/1982  (2 folders)
Transcript - competency hearing, 11/16/1992

Steve Van McHone, 1993-2005
Steve Van McHone was sentenced to death on March 7, 1991 for the 1990 murder of his mother and stepfather, Mildred and Wesley Adams in Surry County. McHone was executed on November 11, 2005 by lethal injection. Some files for McHone are also found in the Other Cases group, boxes 85-86.
Box 107
EMS and victim medical examiner reports for McHone trial
Affidavits, warrant for arrest, police reports
Trial attorney file
Background files on McHone
Box 108
McHone transcripts
Statements made by witnesses
Various legal files (subpoenas, discovery files)
Box 109
Petitions for clemency for North Carolina and U.S. Supreme Court, 2005
Correspondence related to clemency petitions
Petition for writ of certiorari
Box 110
Petitions for Habeas Corpus: McHone v. Polk, 2004
Various: amendment to MAR, amicus brief, briefs
Petition for Writ of Mandamus: McHone v. The Superior Court of Surry County
Box 111
PC pleadings, motions and answers, 1996-1998
Motion for Appropriate Relief (MAR) files, 1996-1998
Ovsz. Box 135
   Folder 1
McHone exhibit materials

Norris Carlton Taylor, 1993-2005
On July 10, 1979, a North Carolina jury found Taylor guilty of the murder and armed robbery of Mildred Murchison and the kidnapping, armed robbery, and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill of Malcolm Biles. On July 30, 1979, that same jury recommended that Taylor be sentenced to death. The North Carolina Superior Court judge then sentenced Taylor to death for Murchison's murder and to consecutive terms of imprisonment for the non-capital offenses. For the next fourteen years, Taylor and his counsel raised many challenges to his sentence before seeking federal relief. In February 2006, Taylor died of a heart attack in prison after serving 26 years, the longest of any N.C. inmate on death row.
Box 112
PC pleadings, motions and answers, 1996-1998
MAR files, 1996-1998
Box 113
Social history and chronology
Mental health records
Resource Center and N.C. jail records
Box 114
Correspondence
Motion for Appropriate Relief (MAR)
Habeas Corpus petitions
Box 115
Mental health and medical files
Correspondence, 1993-2005

Other Cases, 1990-1997
 (2 boxes)
This subseries includes fragments of cases related to other capital-case defendants not previously listed, with the exception of Steve McHone. Files on McHone can also be found in the main series for the individual.
Box 85
John Oliver social history
Buros mental measurements yearbook
DA conference cover sheet
DA conference agenda
SSSQ chart
Comparison chart
Raw data  (2 folders)
Physicians' files  (4 folders)
Section g.02 (use of assessments)
Divison of prisons/mental health web information
Uncategorized binder
Box 86
Uncategorized binder
Malachai McQueen  (4 folders)
L.H. Yelverton, Jr. files
Alden Jerome Harden  (3 folders)
Steve McHone - family tree  (7 copies)
[Removed from folder to Ovsz. Box 135.]