Delevan Wesley Thomas v. Commonwealth of Virginia

BOREMAN, Circuit Judge.

A pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by Delevan Wesley Thomas was denied by the District Court after a plenary hearing at which petitioner was represented by court-appointed co'unsel. This appeal followed.

Thomas, after waiving a jury trial, was tried by the Circuit Court of Fairfax County, Virginia, convicted of the offense of armed robbery and is now imprisoned pursuant to sentence duly imposed. His principal attack upon his trial and conviction is based upon the introduction in evidence of certain oral admissions of guilt and a written confession…