Legal Opinion

Eggleston v. Slayton

District Court, W.D. Virginia

Decided September 8, 1972No. Civ. A. No. 72-C-18-HPublished

1Opinion of the Court

WIDENER, Chief Judge.

Petitioner was indicted by the Grand Jury of Augusta County, Virginia for five separate offenses 1 occurring on or about May 8, 1958. He had counsel appointed for him on May 26, 1958, and his counsel agreed to try the five charges together. Petitioner was then arraigned and pleaded guilty to all five charges. On May 27, 1958, the trial court heard the evidence and found the petitioner guilty of all five charges. On June 3, 1958, the trial court sentenced the petitioner to a total of eighteen years in the penitentiary.

Petitioner did not appeal his conviction, but he did…

2Cases cited18 opinions

Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
Hawk v. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
Claude O. Jones, Jr. v. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
James E. Fields v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967

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