Legal Opinion
Peyton v. Williams
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 29, 1965No. Record 6041PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpratley, J.
On January 3, 1964, Alphonso Russell Williams, sometimes hereinafter referred to as petitioner, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus against C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, hereinafter referred to as respondent, in the Hustings Court of the City of Richmond. The petitioner alleged that he was being unlawfully detained by Peyton by virtue of sentences imposed upon him in the Corporation Court of the City of Norfolk, Part Two, in August, 1956. He attacked each of those sentences as invalid and void on the ground that, as an infant, he had been denied due…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Jones v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- McNally v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Smith v. BryanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1902
- Tilton v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1955
- Miller v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1942
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Peyton v. RoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Willis Lansing Ganger v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, Appellant(two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- Rowe v. PeytonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- State v. MeesNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1978
- Blowe v. PeytonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1967
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