Legal Opinion
Stokes v. Peyton
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 25, 1966No. Record 6133PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpratley, J.
This is an appeal by Rufus Stokes from an order of the Hustings Court of the City of Richmond entered on September 3, 1964, denying and dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, by which he sought release from a sentence of life imprisonment imposed on him by the same court [Huntley, J.] on October 24, 1963 for murder.
The only substantial questions presented are: (1) whether Stokes had the effective assistance of counsel when he was tried for murder; and (2) whether he was thereafter denied his right to appeal.
From the evidence, court records and exhibits, the following appears:
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Cabaniss v. CunninghamSupreme Court of Virginia · 1965
- Peyton v. FieldsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1966
- Yates v. PeytonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1966
- Thacker v. PeytonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1966
3Cited by14 opinions
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Joe Louis Wise, Sr. v. David Williams Attorney General of the Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992
- Rufus Stokes v. Courtland C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- William C. Shiflett v. Commonwealth of Virginia, and C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, John Henry Love v. Commonwealth of Virginia, Orrillion D. James v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
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