Legal Opinion
Charles Mack McGrady v. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 10, 1961No. 8369PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MICHIE, District Judge.
This is an appeal from the refusal of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to grant the appellant a plenary hearing upon his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The appellant is a prisoner of the Commonwealth of Virginia in custody of the appellee, W. K. Cunningham, Jr., who is Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary.
The appellant was convicted of first degree murder on May 27, 1948, by the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Virginia, and sentenced to life imprisonment.
On September 25, 1959, the appellant filed his petition…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Dutton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1914
- State v. HoytSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1880
- Sarah v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1859
- Kibler v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1897
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3Cited by25 opinions
- State v. GreenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1994
- United States v. WicksCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
- Ray S. Bailey v. Ellis C. MacDougall Director of the South Carolina Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968
- Clarence Irvin Turner v. State of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
- Samuele T. Stevens, Jr. v. Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
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