Legal Opinion
Peyton v. King
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 5, 1969No. Record 7065PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarrico, J.
The important question for decision in this case is whether an accused who is convicted upon a plea of guilty is entitled to appeal his conviction to this court.
The question arose when Billy Wayne King, the petitioner, filed in the court below a petition for a writ of habeas corpus against C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, the re spondent. The petition alleged that on September 12, 1967, the petitioner was convicted in the lower court of attempted rape and was sentenced to a term of three years in the penitentiary. It was further alleged that the petitioner had…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Hobson v. YouellSupreme Court of Virginia · 1941
- Crutchfield v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1948
- Arey v. PeytonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1968
- Rudacille v. State Commission on Conservation & DevelopmentSupreme Court of Virginia · 1931
- Dickerson v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1934
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3Cited by75 opinions
- Savino v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1990
- Slavek v. HinkleDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 2005
- Beaver v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1987
- Mason v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1979
- Lawrence Furman Smith v. James D. Cox, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
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