Legal Opinion
Tolliver v. Slayton
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided September 2, 1971No. Civ. A. 71-C-68-RPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND JUDGMENT
DALTON, District Judge.
This case comes before this court upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in forma pauperis by Harry Alex Tolliver, a state prisoner, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The petition was filed with this court on June 4,1971.
Petitioner is currently serving a twenty year sentence in the Virginia State Penitentiary, pursuant to a judgment of the Hustings Court of the City of Roanoke, imposed on April 28, 1968 for second degree murder. At his trial petitioner, represented by court-appointed counsel, entered a plea of not guilty and was tried and…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Young v. Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1974
- Durham v. BlankenshipDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1978