Hamilton H. Hobgood Papers, 1955-1981

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Hamilton H. Hobgood Papers, 1955-1981

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Hamilton H. Hobgood (1911-1995), of Louisburg, N.C., was a lawyer, state senator, and judge. He presided over thousands of cases in his 24 years on the North Carolina Superior Court (1955-1979), but he is best known for presiding over the racially charged Joan Little murder trial in 1975. The collection includes trial materials, committee materials, speeches, prisoners' letters, personal correspondence, and other files of Judge Hamilton H. Hobgood. There are records, notes, and other materials for the 1975 Joan Little murder trial in Raleigh, N.C., and thousands of other trials over which he presided. Committee materials document work with the Conference of Superior Court Judges; the North Carolina Bar Association Penal System Study Committee; the Commission on Sentencing, Criminal Punishment and Rehabilitation; the Commission on Correctional Programs; and the Governor's Crime Commission.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Hobgood, Hamilton H.

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Hamilton Harris Hobgood of Louisburg, N.C., was born on 23 March 1911. He earned a B.A. in education from the University of North Carolina in 1932 and a law degree from Wake Forest College of Law in 1941. While a law student, Hobgood also served on the Franklin County, N.C., bench. After law school, Hobgood served four years in the Marine Corps, until 1946, and two terms in the North Carolina Senate, from 1951 to 1954. In 1955, Governor Luther Hodges appointed him to the ninth district of the No...