Larry Medley

Released
Era:1970s
State:North Carolina
Support
Black Panther Party
Larry Medley

Biography

Larry Medley was one of the High Point Four, jailed after the February 10, 1971 confrontation at the Panther information center. The center provided community survival programs.

Case

Charges: Assault and conspiracy allegations following the February 10, 1971 raid.
Arrested: Feb 10, 1971
Incarcerated: January 1973
Sentence: Seven to ten years imposed; actual time served unverified. FBI monthly summary reports return to sentence custody in late January1973 after appeal bond; January1 is a month-only storage placeholder. Earlier pretrial detention is separate and is not counted as continuous from the 1971 arrest. Release date remains unresolved. State v. Jennings,192 S.E.2d46 (1972), affirmed October25,1972; appeal dismissed December5,1972. Sources: https://vault.fbi.gov/Black%20Panther%20Party%20/Black%20Panther%20Party%20Part%2034%20%28Final%29 ; https://law.justia.com/cases/north-carolina/court-of-appeals/1972/7218sc626-1.html
Prosecutor: Robert Morgan; James E. Magner; Rolf F. Haskell (State counsel on appeal)
Judge: J. William Copeland — High Point Four trial. Source: The Black Panther, February 19, 1972, PDF p. 4.
Convicted: Yes

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