Legal Opinion
McFalls v. Peyton
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided June 9, 1967No. Civ. A. 67-C-41-APublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and JUDGMENT
DALTON, Chief Judge.
This case comes to the court upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, by Ralph McFalls, a state prisoner, and it is filed in forma pawperis.
Petitioner is currently serving a term of thirty-five (35) years in the Virginia State Penitentiary, pursuant to a conviction for first degree murder in the Circuit Court of Scott County, Gate City, Virginia on November 3, 1961. At his trial petitioner was represented by court appointed counsel, and entered a plea of not guilty.
A habeas corpus hearing was conducted by the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Webb v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1963
- Snyder v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1961
- Jesse Root v. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Estelle v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Juan D. Hernandez v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Lamont S. Carter, United States of America v. Jerome R. Patterson, United States of America v. Jerome R. PattersonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- Donald A. Bentley, Jr. v. Roger W. Crist, Warden of Montana State Prison, and the State of MontanaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- Henry Edward Watt v. Ray H. Page, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary, and State of OklahomaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1972
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