Legal Opinion
Ringley v. Cox
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided March 18, 1970No. Civ. A. No. 68-C-20-APublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND JUDGMENT
DALTON, Chief Judge.
This case comes before the court upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed in forma pawperis by Clifford E. Ringley, a state prisoner, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.
Petitioner is currently serving a term of sixty years in the Virginia State Penitentiary, following his conviction for robbery in the Circuit Court of Washington County on October 13, 1955. At his trial, petitioner was represented by counsel employed by his family. Petitioner waived his right to a jury trial and entered a plea of guilty.
Originally, this court denied and dismissed the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- McKane v. DurstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Russell Judas Nelson v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
- Peyton v. KingSupreme Court of Virginia · 1969
- Thomas Ribble Tucker, Jr. v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by1 opinion
- St. Clair v. CoxDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1970