Legal Opinion
Rees v. Peyton
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 6, 1966No. 321 MPublishedCited by 278 opinions
1Per curiam
Following a related federal conviction and life sentences for kidnapping, United States v. Rees, 193 F. Supp. 849, Melvin Davis Rees, Jr., was convicted of murder and sentenced to death by a state court in Virginia, and the judgment was affirmed on appeal in 1962. Rees v. Commonwealth, 203 Va. 850, 127 S. E. 2d 406, cert. denied, 372 U. S. 964. Thereafter, a habeas corpus petition was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, alleging that the state court conviction had violated federal constitutional rights of Rees. The District Court rejected these…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Melvin Davis Rees, Jr. v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
- Rees v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1962
- United States v. ReesDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1961
- Rees v. PeytonDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1964
- Anderson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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