Legal Opinion
Williams v. Peyton
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 26, 1967No. 10831PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, Circuit Judge:
In Martin v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 349 F.2d 781 (4 Cir. 1965), we held that habeas corpus was available to a prisoner incarcerated under a sentence, the validity of which he did not question, to litigate the validity of other convictions which deferred his eligibility for consideration for parole on the unquestioned sentence. We now conclude that the same principle is applicable to one who is already eligible for consideration for parole on a sentence which he does not question, but whose chances for parole are manifestly restricted by the fact of other convictions…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Jones v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- McNally v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Stevens v. MyersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- Peyton v. FrenchSupreme Court of Virginia · 1966
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Willis Lansing Ganger v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, Appellant(two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- Albert H. Carter v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Franklin D. Strader v. Anthony F. Troy, Attorney General of Virginia, and Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
- United States of America Ex Rel. Benigno Marrero v. Warden, Lewisburg PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
- Rowe v. PeytonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
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