Legal Opinion

Tyler v. Peyton

District Court, E.D. Virginia

Decided December 13, 1968No. Misc. No. 6986-NPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM ORDER

KELLAM, District Judge.

In his petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging his incarceration upon conviction of five charges of robbery and one charge of malicious wounding, Edward DeLathan Tyler asserts (1) admission in evidence of an improperly obtained confession, (2) ineffective assistance of counsel, (3) giving of a lie detector test against his will, (4) holding him “incommunicado” and (5) treating him as an adult.

Prior to filing his petition in this Court, he filed a similar petition in the Corporation Court of the City of Norfolk, Virginia, Part II, and after…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Hawk v. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Jesse Root v. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
  3. Jesus Rivera v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
  4. Gary Lee Tompa v. Commonwealth of Virginia Ex Rel. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
  5. Nolan v. PeytonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1967

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State v. CookCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1978
  2. State v. CookCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1978

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