Legal Opinion
James Arthur Brown v. J. D. Cox, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 4, 1972No. 71-1089PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOREMAN, Senior Circuit Judge:
James Arthur Brown (hereafter Brown or appellant) is confined in the Virginia State Penitentiary under a life sentence for robbery imposed by the Corporation Court of the City of Norfolk following a second trial in 1968. He seeks relief by way of habeas corpus, demanding his outright release from his allegedly unconstitutional confinement.
In this proceeding below the district court did not hold a hearing and, accordingly, the record consists only of the ha-beas corpus petition, a petition for a writ of error filed previously by Brown in the Virginia Supreme Court…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- John Wayne Kemplen v. State of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
- Peyton v. FrenchSupreme Court of Virginia · 1966
- Albert Young v. Otto C. Boles, Warden of the West Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by7 opinions
- James Arthur Brown v. J. D. Cox, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
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- Commonwealth v. G. R. N.Fairfax County Circuit Court · 1990
- James Arthur Brown v. J. D. Cox, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
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