Legal Opinion
Pruitt v. Peyton
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 20, 1969No. Record 6803PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarrico, J.
On May 25, 1964, Allen Carroll Pruitt, the petitioner, filed in the court below a petition for a writ of habeas corpus against C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, the respondent. In his petition, Pruitt attacked the validity of his conviction by the lower court on August 31, 1953, of robbery and of murder in the first degree and prayed that the two life sentences imposed upon him for those offenses be declared null and void.
Counsel was appointed to represent the petitioner in connection with his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, and a plenary hearing was held…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Peyton v. FrenchSupreme Court of Virginia · 1966
- Gregory v. PeytonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1967
- Gogley v. PeytonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1968
3Cited by19 opinions
- Linda Patrice Hailey v. William B. Dorsey, Sheriff of the City of WilliamsburgCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
- Nelson v. Warden of the Keen Mountain Correctional CenterSupreme Court of Virginia · 2001
- Jones v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1972
- James v. CoxDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1971
- Pruitt v. GuerrySupreme Court of Virginia · 1969
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