Legal Opinion

Curtis L. Braxton v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided July 26, 1966No. 10338_1PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge:

Curtis L. Braxton is in the Virginia State Penitentiary, serving a sentence for robbery imposed by the Hustings Court of the City of Richmond after a plea of guilty. In his habeas corpus petition to the District Court the appellant claims first that he was denied his constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel in that the Public Defender who was designated to represent him gave his case inadequate attention. A second claim is that the conviction is invalid because he was not afforded a preliminary hearing. After an evidentiary hearing, the District Court…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Webb v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1963
  2. Claude O. Jones, Jr. v. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
  3. Clarence Irvin Turner v. State of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
  4. Clarence Irvin Turner v. State of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
  5. James Edward Martin v. Commonwealth of Virginia and C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Alfred Coles v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968
  2. United States v. William N. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
  3. James E. Fields v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
  4. Norman F. Twiford v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
  5. James Edward Martin v. Commonwealth of Virginia and C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966

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