Legal Opinion

Wall v. Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary

District Court, W.D. Virginia

Decided July 8, 1976No. Civ. A. No. 76-0017(D)Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION and JUDGMENT

DALTON, District Judge.

This petition for a writ of habeas corpus prays release from confinement imposed pursuant to a judgment of conviction in the Circuit Court of Danville, Virginia, of May 27, 1975, wherein petitioner was convicted on three counts of statutory burglary and sentenced to a total of 21 years in the Virginia State Penitentiary.

Petitioner appears to make the following allegations:

1) He was denied the right to an impartial jury;

2) The verdict of guilty was contrary to the law and evidence;

3) Other defendants in related trials received shorter sentences;

4)…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Robert J. Grundler and Joseph L. Jelly v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
  2. United States v. William RaglandCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
  3. United States v. George DemetCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
  4. James H. Williams v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
  5. Steve Casias v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1963

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