Stuart W. Newsom v. W. Frank Smyth, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary

HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge.

By a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, this state prisoner sought a hearing upon questions previously fully litigated in the state courts. He now undertakes an appeal to this Court without a certificate of probable cause. In accordance with our usual practice, we have examined the record and have considered the written and oral arguments of court-appointed counsel, but, finding no merit in the prisoner’s contentions, the appeal will be dismissed for want of the certificate of probable cause. Presley v. Peppersack, 4 Cir., 227 F.2d 325; Parker v. Warden, Maryland…