Legal Opinion
Ruff v. Gathright
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided March 25, 1974No. Civ. A. No. 74-C-2-LPublished
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and JUDGMENT
DALTON, District Judge.
Petitioner was convicted of two statutory violations in the Circuit Court of Bedford County, Virginia, on December 12, 1972. Specifically, a jury found him guilty of the illegal manufacture of alcoholic beverages (§ 4-57) and possession of firearms where alcoholic beverages were being manufactured (§ 4-83), thereafter sentencing him to six years imprisonment. Pursuant to the federal habeas corpus statute, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, he petitions this court for relief from these allegedly invalid convictions.
Initially, in his pro se petition, Mr. Ruff argues…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Spencer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Robert J. Grundler and Joseph L. Jelly v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- James H. Williams v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
- Simpson v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1957
- Walter Lee Holloway, Jr. v. James D. Cox, Superintendent, Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
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