Legal Opinion
Reyes v. Slayton
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided September 1, 1971No. Civ. A. 71-C-37PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and JUDGMENT
DALTON, District Judge.
This case comes before the. court upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in forma pauperis by Emilio Reyes, a state prisoner, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The petition was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and by order dated June 29, 1971 was transferred to this court.
Petitioner is currently serving a sentence of twenty years in the Virginia State Penitentiary, pursuant to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the City of Martinsville, imposed on December 13, 1967, for armed robbery. The…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Nathan Thomas v. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- Willis Lansing Ganger v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, Appellant(two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- People v. SandovalCalifornia Supreme Court · 1966
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