Edward James Conquest v. James P. Mitchell, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary

618 F.2d 1053

Edward James CONQUEST, Appellee,

v.

James P. MITCHELL, Superintendent of the Virginia State

Penitentiary, Appellant.

No. 78-6453.

United States Court of Appeals,

Fourth Circuit.

Argued May 10, 1979.

Decided April 8, 1980.

Jim L. Chin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va. (Marshall Coleman, Atty. Gen., of Virginia, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Dwane H. Miller, Richmond, Va., for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, WIDENER and HALL, Circuit Judges.

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

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