Legal Opinion
Hicks v. Cox
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided August 19, 1970No. Civ. A. No. 70-C-25PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and JUDGMENT
DALTON, Chief Judge.
This case comes before the court on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus *318filed in forma pauperis by Kenneth L. Hicks, a state prisoner, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The petition was filed with this court on July 13,1970.
Petitioner is presently serving a term of fifteen years in the Virginia penal system pursuant to convictions, imposed on May 17, 1968, by the Circuit Court of Augusta County on three charges of breaking and entering. Petitioner, represented by court-appointed counsel, entered pleas of guilty and was tried by a judge without a jury.
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2Cases cited9 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Kercheval v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Nathan Thomas v. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- United States v. Jerome Dwight GlassCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- Peyton v. KingSupreme Court of Virginia · 1969
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Ashby v. CoxDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1972
- Riscard v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1972