Legal Opinion
Towler v. Peyton
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided August 27, 1969No. Civ. A. 69-C-32PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND JUDGMENT
DALTON, Chief Judge.
This case comes before the court on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in forma pauperis by Marvin C. Towler, a state prisoner, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The petition was filed with this court on June 9,1969.
Petitioner was convicted on May 30, 1968, by the Corporation Court of the City of Danville on three counts of malicious bodily injury and one count of sodomy. Petitioner received a total of twenty years confinement in the state penitentiary for these offenses. He is presently serving a term of six years on the first count of malicious…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Peyton v. RoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Robert J. Grundler and Joseph L. Jelly v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- United States v. Jerome Dwight GlassCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- United States v. Woodrow McKay ShoafCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ApplebyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Jairo Velez-Lozano v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986
- Harris v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
- Raymond R. Stone v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Etc., Eugene P. Huffman v. James F. TompkinsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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