Legal Opinion
Via v. Peyton
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided December 18, 1969No. Civ. A. No. 69-C-35-DPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WIDENER, District Judge.
This proceeding comes before the court on a petition for habeas corpus filed in forma pawperis by Fred Douglas Via, a prisoner of the State of Virginia, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2241.
Petitioner is presently serving a 20-year sentence in the Virginia State Penitentiary, following his conviction on March 21, 1964, in the Corporation Court for the City of Danville, Virginia, for murder in the second degree. Petitioner did not appeal this conviction, but he subsequently sought and obtained a writ of habeas corpus in Via v. Peyton, 208 Va. 387, 158…
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- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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3Cited by4 opinions
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