Legal Opinion
Wood v. Cox
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided October 29, 1971No. Civ. A. No. 71-C-40-HPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and JUDGMENT
DALTON, District Judge.
This case comes before the court upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in forma pauperis by Ralph Clifford Wood, a state prisoner, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The petition was originally filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and was then transferred to this court by order dated August 20, 1971.
Petitioner has been confined under sentences totalling seven years in the Virginia State Penitentiary pursuant to judgments of the Corporation Court of the City of Norfolk imposed on January 16 and May 4,…
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