Legal Opinion

Jordan v. Slayton

District Court, W.D. Virginia

Decided May 3, 1972No. Civ. A. 71-C-111-RPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION and JUDGMENT

DALTON, District Judge.

George W. Jordan petitions this court for a writ of habeas corpus to terminate his alleged illegal confinement in the Virginia prison system. Leave to proceed in forma pauperis has been granted.

Petitioner is currently serving a four year sentence in the State Penitentiary imposed by the Circuit Court of Richmond under the state recidivist statute, Va.Code Ann. § 53-296. He now contests the validity of several convictions in the Hustings Court of Roanoke upon which the recidivist proceeding was based:

February 6, 1943; three charges of statutory…

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