Legal Opinion
Harry Morrison v. W. Frank Smyth, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 4, 1960No. 7972_1PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.
Harry Morrison petitioned the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia for a writ of habeas corpus on July 17, 1959, and this is his appeal from the order of that court dismissing his petition. Morrison had been convicted on December 14, 1948, in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, Virginia, as a fourth offender under the Virginia recidivist statute, Code of Virginia, 1950, § 53-296, and sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment. His petition for habeas corpus rests upon the ground that three of the four prior convictions were invalid, and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Gryger v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Bute v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- United States Ex Rel. Jackson v. BradyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1943
- Smyth v. MorrisonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1959
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Cornelius Walker, Jr. v. Vernon L. Peppersack, Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- Holly v. SmythCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- Joseph Oleif Whitley v. Warden William F. Steiner, Maryland House of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1961
- Alfred Player v. William F. Steiner, Warden, Maryland House of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1961
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