Legal Opinion
Hawks v. Peyton
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided July 31, 1968No. Civ. A. No. 68-C-59-APublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND JUDGMENT
DALTON, Chief Judge.
This proceeding involves a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in forma pauperis on June 12, 1968, by Chester A. Hawks, a prisoner of the State of Virginia.
Petitioner was convicted in the Carroll County Circuit Court on January 6, 1959, of murder in the first degree. No appeal was taken, but petitioner has *95filed several petitions in both the state and federal courts to secure a writ of habeas corpus. All allegations presented in the petition now before this court have previously been presented to- the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals by means of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Price v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Robert J. Grundler and Joseph L. Jelly v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- Land v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Hawks v. CoxSupreme Court of Virginia · 1970
- Stamper v. BaskervilleDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1982
- Roman v. ParrishDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1971
- Thompson v. SlaytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1971
- Hicks v. CoxDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1970
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