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Lankford v. Foster

District Court, W.D. Virginia

Decided August 12, 1982No. Civ. A. 81-0159-RPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

TURK, Chief Judge.

Charles Lankford, currently incarcerated at the Roanoke County-Salem Jail Facility, filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241-2254. Petitioner is detained pursuant to the judgment of the Circuit Court for the County of Fairfax entered on December 19, 1978, whereby petitioner was convicted of three counts of forcible sodomy and sentenced to ten years on each count with the terms to run consecutively, and with one term suspended.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

Charles Lankford until 1968 spent most of his life incarcerated for certain…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  3. McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Diggs v. WelchCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
  5. Victor Dennis Marzullo v. State of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Santillo v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1999
  2. Singson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2005
  3. Inge v. ProcunierDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1984
  4. Charity v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1997
  5. Charity v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1997

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