Legal Opinion
Thacker v. Slayton
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided May 20, 1974No. Civ. A. 494-71-RPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MERHIGE, District Judge.
Petitioner, a Virginia prisoner, seeks federal habeas corpus relief from a state conviction for first degree murder. Jurisdiction is attained pursuant to 28 U. S.C. § 2254.
The petition formally presents three grounds on which relief is requested:
1. That the state trial judge wrongfully refused to relieve petitioner’s appointed counsel upon petitioner’s request and grant petitioner a continuance of the criminal proceedings so that he might employ counsel of his choice.
2. That the state trial judge wrongfully refused to stay the petitioner’s state criminal…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Ungar v. SarafiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Earl Edward Gandy v. State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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- London v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2006
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