Legal Opinion
Roberts v. Virginia
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided October 20, 1970No. Civ. A. No. 69-C-20-HPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WIDENER, District Judge.
Petitioner, Thomas R. Roberts, is in custody of the Commonwealth of Virginia pursuant to two judgments and sentences imposed by the Circuit Court of Augusta County on May 1, 1968, after entering pleas of guilty to both charges. He is serving concurrent sentences of eighteen years for statutory burglary and ten years for possession of burglary tools. He seeks relief by way of habeas corpus.
Petitioner and three companions were apprehended by state and local police officers in the early morning hours of November 12, 1967, in the warehouse portion of the Peeler Oil…
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