Legal Opinion
Houchens v. Cox
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided June 2, 1980No. Civ. A. No. CA 79-0658-RPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MERHIGE, District Judge.
Petitioner, Robert Lee Houchens, here seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner is presently an inmate of the Virginia Department of Corrections and is confined at the department’s Powhatan facility. The petition asserts that petitioner’s August 5, 1971 conviction in the Circuit Court of New Kent County, Virginia violated the speedy trial provisions of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments.
Respondent J. D. Cox is superintendent of the Pawhatan Correctional Center. Respondent Terrell Don Hutto is Director of the Virginia Department…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Klopfer v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Delph v. SlaytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1973