Legal Opinion
Gary Lee Tompa v. Commonwealth of Virginia Ex Rel. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 31, 1964No. 9248_1PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARKSDALE, District Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of the Eastern District of Virginia, entered on September 6, 1963, denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On November 12, 1959, petitioner, Gary Lee Tompa, armed with a gun, broke into the City Jail at Bristol, Virginia, and effected the release of Joe Patrick, a prisoner then incarcerated in the jail. Tompa effected Patrick’s release, either by forcing the jailer at gunpoint to unlock Patrick’s cell, or by taking the keys from the jailer and unlocking Patrick’s cell himself. Tompa was soon apprehended,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- United States Ex Rel. Darcy v. Handy, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- Claude O. Jones, Jr. v. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- John Lewis Snead v. W. Frank Smyth, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1959
- United States Ex Rel. Weber v. RagenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1949
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3Cited by53 opinions
- Parker v. SwensonDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1971
- Hoffler v. PeytonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1966
- Donald Edward Bennett v. State of Maryland, and Harold Boslow, Director of Patuxent InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
- Camm v. PeytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1969
- Russell v. PeytonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1966
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