Legal Opinion
Younger v. Cox
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided March 4, 1971No. Civ. A. No. 70-C-70PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WIDENER, District Judge.
Petitioner is confined by the Commonwealth of Virginia on account of conviction of rape. He has filed, in forma pauperis, a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2241.
On June 21, 1958, the petitioner was arrested upon a warrant issued that same date charging him with the rape of a ten year old child. On July 7, 1958, an indictment was returned on the charge and the court appointed an attorney to represent him.
On July 14, 1958, the petitioner’s counsel appeared in the Circuit Court of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and moved…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Eskridge v. Washington State Board of Prison Terms & ParolesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Robert J. Grundler and Joseph L. Jelly v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- Russell Judas Nelson v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by7 opinions
- William Marrow v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- David Thomas Carey v. Bobby J. Leverette, Warden, West Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979
- Weathers v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1995
- Allison v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986
- Farrington v. State of North CarolinaDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1975
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