Legal Opinion
Davis v. Peyton
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 18, 1971No. Record 7207PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCochran, J.
Petitioner, Charles Arnold Davis, on August 23, 1954 was convicted of malicious wounding and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary.
On May 14, 1968, while serving a sentence imposed upon him as a recidivist, based upon three felony convictions, Davis filed in the lower court his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In it he attacked the second of his felony convictions, the 1954 conviction for malicious wounding, on the grounds of ineffective representation by court-appointed counsel. A plenary hearing was held September 16, 1968, and Davis appeals from the judgment order entered…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Gratton Earl Moore v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Charles Robert O'Malley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1961
- Alfred Coles v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968
- United States of America Ex Rel. Charles Mathis v. Alfred T. Rundle, Superintendent State Correctional Institution, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Walker v. MitchellSupreme Court of Virginia · 1983
- Clodfelter v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1977
- In Re BaskinsCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1993
- Wynn v. PeytonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1971
- Hale v. CoxDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1972
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