Legal Opinion
Robert Herman Thompson, Jr. v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 19, 1968No. 12936_1PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Per curiam
Robert Herman Thompson, Jr., seeks a certificate of probable cause to appeal from an order of the district court (Merhige, J.) dismissing his petition for habeas corpus for failure to exhaust available state remedies.
Thompson attacks the validity of two convictions for armed robbery obtained in the Richmond, Virginia, Hustings Court on June 27, 1966. Sentences of fifteen and ten years were imposed. Thompson contends that in each of his trials he was prejudiced by the introduction of testimony concerning line-up identifications, when he had been compelled to appear in the line-ups while being…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Robert J. Grundler and Joseph L. Jelly v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by32 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Burton Graham, Relator-Appellant v. Vincent R. Mancusi, Warden, Attica State Prison, and the State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Ellis Eaton, Jr. v. Donald W. Wyrick, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Alan Daniel Wilwording v. Harold R. Swenson, Warden, Donald L. Beishir v. Harold R. Swenson, Warden, Kenneth Mills v. Harold R. SwensonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- James v. CopingerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
- Quillien v. LeekeDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1969
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