Alston v. Ray

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Alexandria Division Demount Alston, ) Petitioner, ) Vv. ) 1:19¢ev996 (LMB/IDD) Tracy S. Ray, Warden, Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION Demount Alston (“Alston” or “petitioner”), a Virginia inmate proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging the validity of his January 17, 2017 convictions in the Circuit Court of the City of Hampton, Virginia for aggravated malicious wounding, robbery, shooting into an occupied vehicle, possession of a firearm after having…