Legal Opinion
Claude Elmer Rambo v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 21, 1967No. 10153_1PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:
In November 1961, Rambo was found guilty by a jury and was sentenced to ten years imprisonment by a Virginia court for statutory burglary. After a full hearing and a denial of habeas corpus by the state courts, he sought federal habeas corpus and the District Judge summarily dismissed the petition. We affirm.
Five contentions are presented to this Court on appeal.
Rambo first contends that he was denied the assistance of counsel at his preliminary hearing in violation of the Sixth Amendment. Hamilton v. State of Alabama, 368 U.S. 52, 82 S.Ct. 157, 7 L.Ed.2d 114, and…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Hamilton v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- White v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Scales v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Agnew v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Jacob Vance, Jr. v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
- Marvin Phillips v. Peter J. Pitchess, SheriffCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
- United States of America Ex Rel. Edwin Walker v. James F. Maroney, Superintendent State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, PennaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- Weston v. State Ex Rel. EymanCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1968
- Tyler v. PeytonDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1968
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