Legal Opinion
Nolan v. Peyton
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 12, 1967No. Record 6439PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtI’Anson, J.
On November 26, 1948, James Thomas Nolan was convicted in the Circuit Court of Fauquier County of armed robbery and murder of Belmont Woodbridge, and on December 10, 1948, he was sentenced to twenty years and life imprisonment in the penitentiary for robbery and murder, respectively. The record shows that petitioner entered a plea of guilty to each indictment. The court heard evidence in each case, but the record does not show that confessions were introduced at the trials.
On June 11, 1965, Nolan filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that the aforementioned judgments of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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