Legal Opinion
Cartera v. Mitchell
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided December 28, 1982No. Civ. A. 82-0885-AMPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
RICHARD L. WILLIAMS, District Judge.
This matter comes before the court on respondent’s motion to dismiss petitioner’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For reasons given below, respondents’ motion is granted.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
The events relevant to the present action began November 8, 1973, when Fairfax County, Virginia, Police arrested petitioner for alleged rape and sodomy by force of two teenage girls. On June 14, 1974, a jury sitting in the Fairfax County Circuit Court, Judge James C. Cacheris presiding, convicted petitioner of two counts of…
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