Legal Opinion
Samuel G. Townes v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 22, 1968No. 11927_1PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOREMAN, Circuit Judge:
Samuel G. Townes, a Virginia prisoner, is serving a life sentence upon his conviction on a plea of guilty to a charge of rape. He did not appeal his conviction but later filed his habeas corpus petition in the state court and relief was denied after he had been afforded an evidenti-ary hearing. The Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia denied review and Townes filed the first of two petitions in the district court for a writ of habeas corpus. The record and transcript of the petitioner’s state habeas corpus proceeding were made available. This first habeas action in the…
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- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Strauder v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Whitus v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States Ex Rel. Thurmond v. MancusiDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1967
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- State v. SpenceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1968
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