Legal Opinion
Griffin v. Peyton
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided May 8, 1968No. Civ. A. No. 67-C-61-DPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and JUDGMENT
DALTON, Chief Judge.
Alleging that he was convicted through the use of a confession involuntarily obtained and through the lack of effective assistance of counsel, petitioner comes to this court seeking a writ of habeas corpus. He makes the additional claim that he was denied his right to appeal the conviction rendered January 27, 1964 in the Circuit Court of Henry County. Through state habeas corpus proceedings the petitioner has exhausted his state remedies as to the allegations *651presented here, and also provides this court with a factual background against which to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Davis v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- John Frank Ledbetter, Jr. v. Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
- Pettus v. PeytonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1967
- Joseph E. Magee v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
- Jones C. Allred v. C.C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by4 opinions
- United States of America Ex Rel. Robert Gorham v. Gayle Franzen and James GreerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Burton v. PeytonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1970
- Commonwealth v. MiddletonVirginia Beach County Circuit Court · 1988
- United States of America Ex Rel. Robert Gorham v. Gayle Franzen and James GreerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982