Legal Opinion
Thacker v. Peyton
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided May 14, 1969No. Civ. A. No. 69-C-11-APublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and JUDGMENT
DALTON, Chief Judge.
This case comes before the court on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in forma pauperis by James D. Thacker, a state prisoner, pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 2241. The petition was originally filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and was ordered transferred to this court by order dated February 4, 1969.
Petitioner is currently serving a life sentence in the Virginia State Penitentiary pursuant to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Wise County of April 24, 1962, wherein he was convicted of the crime of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Robert J. Grundler and Joseph L. Jelly v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- Redd v. PeytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1967
- Thacker v. PeytonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1966
- Thacker v. PeytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1967
3Cited by1 opinion
- Gurrieri v. GunnDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1975