Preliminary Inventory of the Center For Death Penalty Litigation records, 1969-2006
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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
Language of Material
Material in English
Extent
4.8 Linear Feet
1800 Items
Abstract
1800 Items
Non-profit law firm that represents inmates on North Carolina's death row.
Collection contains files relating to the Steve Van McHone and Norris Carlton Taylor cases. Files include affidavits, investigation reports, pleadings, correspondence, MAR proceedings, and Resource Center files.
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Administrative Information
Access RestrictionsCollection is open for research.
However, patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
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.
Processing Information
Processed by John Mayrose, June 2007
Encoded by John Mayrose, June 2007
This collection is minimally processed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical Note
Non-profit law firm that represents inmates on North Carolina's death row.
[top]Collection Overview
Collection contains files relating to the Steve Van McHone and Norris Carlton Taylor cases. Files include affidavits, investigation reports, pleadings, correspondence, MAR proceedings, and Resource Center files. Steven McHone was sentenced to deathon 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. Norris Carlton Taylor was sentenced to death for the murder of Mildred Murchison. In February 2006, Taylor died of a heart attack in prison after 26 serving on death row.
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Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
- Center for Death Penalty Litigation.
- McHone, Steven Van.
- Taylor, Norris Carlton.
- Capital punishment--Law and legislation--United States.
- Capital punishment--North Carolina.
- Capital punishment--North Carolina--Cases.
- Murder--Law and legislation--North Carolina.
- Sentences (Criminal procedure)--North Carolina.
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Preliminary Description of Collection
Accession, 2007 (2007-0052)
9 Boxes
Collection contains files relating to the Steve Van McHone and Norris Carlton Taylor cases. Files include affidavits, investigation reports, pleadings, correspondence, MAR proceedings, and Resource Center files.
Box 1
EMS and victim medical examiner reports for McHone trial
McHone affidavits
McHone: Trial attorney file
Background files on McHone
Box 2
McHone transcripts
McHone legal files
Box 3
Petitions for clemency for McHone for North Carolina and US Supreme Court, 2005
Correspondence related to clemency petitions
Box 4
Petitions for Habeas Corpus: McHone v. Polk, 2004
Petition for Writ of Mandamus: McHone v. The Superior Court of Surry County
Box 5
McHone: PC pleadings, motions and answers, 1996-1998
Motion for Appropriate Relief files, 1996-1998
Box 6
PC pleadings, motions and answers, 1996-1998
Motion for Appropriate Relief files, 1996-1998
Box 7
Taylor: Social history and chronology
Access is restricted. This box is closed to researchers.
Taylor: Mental health records
Taylor: Resource Center and NC jail records
Box 8
Taylor: Correspondence
Taylor: Motion for Appropriate Relief
Taylor: Habeas Corpus Petitions
Box 9
Taylor: Mental health and medical files
Taylor: Correspondence, 1993-2005
Ovsz. Box 135
Folder 1
McHone Exhibit materials
