Legal Opinion

Parks v. Peyton

District Court, W.D. Virginia

Decided July 24, 1969No. Civ. A. No. 69-C-28-DPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION and JUDGMENT

DALTON, Chief Judge.

This case comes before the court on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in forma pauperis by Daniel Parks, a state prisoner, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2241. This petition was filed with this court on May 26, 1969.

Petitioner is currently serving a life sentence pursuant to his conviction for murder in the Circuit Court of the County of Halifax, Virginia. Petitioner was tried by a judge without a jury after a plea of guilty.

Petitioner did not appeal the trial court’s conviction to the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, but he did…

2Cases cited10 opinions

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3Cited by2 opinions

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