Douglas v. Virginia

OPINION and JUDGMENT

DALTON, Chief Judge.

This case comes before the court upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed in forma pauperis by Willie Edward Douglas, a state prisoner, pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 2241. The petition was originally filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and was transferred to this court by order dated January 7, 1971.

Petitioner is currently serving a sentence of twenty years, ten of which have been suspended, pursuant to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Pulaski County imposed on August 4, 1969 for grand larceny.…