Legal Opinion
Elam v. Peyton
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided January 24, 1967No. Civ. A. No. 66-C-130-APublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and JUDGMENT
DALTON, Chief Judge.
This case comes now to the court upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus *232filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, by Wallace Elam, Jr., a state prisoner, and it is filed in forma pawperis.
Petitioner is now serving a life sentence for murder in the first degree pursuant to his conviction in the Circuit Court of Washington County, Virginia, of October 20, 1953. He was found guilty at that time of first degree murder in each of three separate indictments and was sentenced to life imprisonment on each one.
The record shows that following his above-mentioned…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States Ex Rel. Weber v. RagenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1949
- Peyton v. WebbSupreme Court of Virginia · 1966
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Love v. VirginiaDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1969
- Davis v. ParrattDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1978
- Herschel J. Giles v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Dillon v. PeytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1968