Legal Opinion
Norman F. Twiford v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 6, 1967No. 10741PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, Circuit Judge:
Whether effective assistance of counsel was denied appellant, not from any lack of competency on the part of his court-appointed attorney, but from the combination of his late appointment and the denial of a continuance to allow a proper investigation of the defense, is the question to be decided. The district court thought not and denied habeas corpus. We think otherwise and reverse.
Appellant is confined in the service of two consecutive sentences of ten years imposed April 30, 1954 in the Circuit Court of Princess Anne County, Virginia, upon his being found guilty by a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Estes v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Clarence Irvin Turner v. State of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- James Edward Martin v. Commonwealth of Virginia and C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
- Curtis L. Braxton v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
- Chester L. Edgerton v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by72 opinions
- Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Gratton Earl Moore v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Alfred Coles v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968
- Dewey Hart v. Ira M. Coiner, Warden of the West Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
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