Legal Opinion
Redd v. Peyton
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided July 5, 1967No. Civ. A. 67-C-36-DPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and JUDGMENT
DALTON, Chief Judge.
This case comes before the court upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by Willie Redd, a state prisoner, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2241 and is filed in forma pauperis. The case was ordered transferred to this court from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on June 2, 1967.
Petitioner is currently serving a thirty-five (35) year sentence for murder pursuant to his conviction in the Circuit Court of Henry County on January 5, 1948.
Petitioner did not appeal his conviction. He subsequently filed a state…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Moore v. DempseySupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Jesse Root v. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
- United States Ex Rel. Jackson v. BradyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1943
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Wade v. Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1968
- Stanley v. PeytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1968
- Weatherman v. PeytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1968
- Weston v. State Ex Rel. EymanCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1968
- Love v. VirginiaDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1969
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