Henson v. Peyton

OPINION and JUDGMENT

DALTON, Chief Judge.

This case comes before the court upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed in forma pawperis by a state prisoner pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

Petitioner is currently serving a team of life imprisonment in the Virginia State Penitentiary, following his conviction for first-degree murder, in the Circuit Court of Albemarle County, on October 18, 1961. At his trial before a jury, petitioner was represented by counsel employed by his family. No appeal was taken from his conviction.

A habeas corpus hearing was conducted by the state court in Albemarle…