Legal Opinion
Wood v. Zahradnick
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided March 29, 1977No. Civ. A. 75-0444-RPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MERHIGE, District Judge.
Petitioner, an inmate at the Virginia correction system, brings this action under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in which he attacks several 1972 state court convictions. The respondent is the Warden of the Virginia State Penitentiary. Jurisdiction is attained pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241(a) and 2254. The matter comes before the Court on cross-motions for summary judgment. The issues have been briefed and argued by counsel, and the matter is ripe for disposition.
The petitioner was convicted of seven offenses stemming from a brutal rape and beating of a 67-year old woman.…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. Willie Decoster, Jr.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- 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
- United States v. Joseph Ward EasterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Washington v. StricklandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Osborne v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Larry Donnell Becton v. Talmadge Barnett Attorney General of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- Cecil Wood, Jr. v. Superintendent Robert F. ZahradnickCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
- Robert Lee HENSLEY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Roger CRIST, Warden; Grant Woods, Attorney General, Respondents-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
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