Legal Opinion
Brown v. Cox
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided December 1, 1970No. Misc. No. 385-70-NPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.
The crux of this case lies in the apparent conflicting opinions of Pruitt v. Guerry, 210 Va. 268, 170 S.E.2d 1 (1969), and Redmon v. Peyton, D.C., 298 F.Supp. 1123 (1969), reversed on other grounds, 420 F.2d 822 (4 Cir. 1969).
On August 10, 1963, petitioner was 17 years of age. Accompanied by his 14 year old girl friend, they planned to rob a bus driver on the evening in question. The girl boarded the bus and petitioner followed. Petitioner concealed a hatchet in a paper bag and, when reaching in his pocket as if to pay the fare, proceeded to hit…
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- Peyton v. FrenchSupreme Court of Virginia · 1966
- State v. DehlerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1960
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3Cited by2 opinions
- James Arthur Brown v. J. D. Cox, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
- James Arthur Brown v. J. D. Cox, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973