Legal Opinion
Johns v. Smyth
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided September 29, 1959No. Misc. 2454PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.
Petitioner is a state prisoner serving ;a life sentence for the murder of one Melvin Childress in accordance with a final judgment of the Circuit Court of the ■City of Richmond, Virginia, entered on December 17, 1942. Petitioner and ■Childress were inmates at the State Penitentiary when the killing took place ■on October 7, 1942. While there is no transcript of the evidence available from the state court, as no court reporter was present, the petitioner’s signed statement .given on the day following the crime is to the effect that he killed Childress with .a…
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