Legal Opinion
Austin v. Peyton
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided January 17, 1968No. Civ. A. No. 67-C-32-LPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and JUDGMENT
DALTON, Chief Judge.
This case comes before the court upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by Earl Lester Austin, a state prisoner, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2241 and is filed in forma pauperis.
Petitioner is currently serving a life sentence pursuant to his conviction of robbery in the Corporation Court for the City of Lynchburg, Virginia on December 12, 1966. Petitioner was also convicted and sentenced by the court to twenty years for burglary, twenty years for grand larceny and ten years each for two counts of abduction. The sentences were ordered…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Ungar v. SarafiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Rideau v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Robert J. Grundler and Joseph L. Jelly v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- Eddie W. Patton v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. FurnerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1978
- Bowers v. CoinerDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1970
- United States Ex Rel. Means v. SolemDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 1978
- Hicks v. CoxDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1970
- Black v. PeytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1968
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