Legal Opinion
Durham v. Paderick
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided November 19, 1973No. Civ. A. No. 73-C-52-HPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and JUDGMENT
DALTON, District Judge.
On November 18, 1965, following a three-day trial in the Circuit Court of Frederick County, Virginia, petitioner Luther Durham, Jr. was found guilty of murder by a jury and sentenced to life imprisonment. Durham was denied a writ of error by the Supreme Court of Virginia, and the United States Supreme Court denied his petition for a writ of certiorari. Durham v. Virginia, 387 U.S. 910, 87 S.Ct. 1694, 18 L.Ed.2d 629 (1967). Durham then sought relief from his conviction by filing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in this court, pursuant to 28…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Robert J. Grundler and Joseph L. Jelly v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- United States Ex Rel. Darcy v. HandySupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Francisco S.A. Ignacio and Antonio S.A. Ignacio v. People of the Territory of GuamCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- James H. Williams v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
- Thomas Carlton Wansley v. A. E. Slayton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Young v. Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1974
- Altizer v. PaderickDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1975