Legal Opinion
Wheeler v. Peyton
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided July 19, 1968No. Civ. A. No. 68-C-57-RPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND JUDGMENT
DALTON, Chief Judge.
This proceeding involved a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed on June 5, 1968, in forma pauperis by David Wheeler, a prisoner of the State of Virginia, in accordance with 28 U.S.C.A. § 2241.
Petitioner is currently serving a ten (10) year prison sentence subsequent to his conviction on October 24, 1967, in the Hustings Court for the City of Roanoke, Virginia, for murder in the second degree.
Petitioner appealed his conviction to the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on the same grounds complained of in the petition now before this court. The *931Virgin…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Thompson v. City of LouisvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Garner v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Sunal v. LargeSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Sunal v. LargeSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Alley v. PaderickDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1974
- Stallings v. South CarolinaDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1970
- Wilson v. CoxDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1970
- Tolliver v. CoxDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1970
- Kirby v. CoxDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1970