Legal Opinion
Zackus H. Ingram v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 4, 1966No. 10517_1PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge:
This appeal is from the District Court’s denial of an application for a writ of habeas corpus by Zackus H. Ingram, who was tried jointly with a codefendant and convicted by a jury on July 13, 1948 in the Corporation Court of the City of Danville, Virginia. The charge was robbing a night watchman of $6.00 in cash and a billfold valued at $2.50, and the sentence was 20 years in the penitentiary. Both defendants were represented by the same attorney.
The indictment stated the name of the victim — the prosecution’s chief witness— as James Coates. In preparation for the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Hopt v. People of Territory of UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- William B. Barbee v. Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- Dowd v. United States Ex Rel. CookSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Cochran v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by32 opinions
- United States v. William N. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
- James Richard Ellis v. State of Oklahoma and Warden Ray H. PageCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
- State v. DaytonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976
- Martis C. Scalf v. John E. Bennett, Warden, Iowa State Penitentiary, Fort Madison, IowaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Ernest Ralph PooleCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1967
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