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Hobson v. EW MURRAY
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided March 11, 1980No. Civ. A. 79-0014-RPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
WARRINER, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on a petition for federal habeas corpus relief from the judgment of a State court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1977).
Petitioner was convicted on 4 January 1978, in the Circuit Court of Chesterfield County, Virginia, of a simple assault and of a felony escape. On the charge of simple assault, the petitioner was sentenced to twelve months in jail; on the charge of felonious escape, the petitioner was sentenced to one year in the' penitentiary. The escape charge was prosecuted as a felonious escape under Va.Code § 53-291(2)…
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3Cited by4 opinions
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