Legal Opinion
Lunnermon v. Peyton
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided February 29, 1968No. Civ. A. No. 67-C-64-DPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND JUDGMENT
DALTON, Chief Judge.
This case comes to the court upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed by a state prisoner in forma pauperis, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.
*987Petitioner is currently serving a term of life imprisonment in the Virginia State Penitentiary pursuant to a convicton of first degree murder in the Circuit Court of the City of Martinsville, on May 21, 1957. At his trial before a jury, petitioner was represented by court-appointed counsel. No appeal was taken from his conviction.
A habeas corpus hearing was conducted by the state court in Martinsville on…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Gary Lee Tompa v. Commonwealth of Virginia Ex Rel. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- Peyton v. FieldsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1966
- Delevan Wesley Thomas v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
3Cited by9 opinions
- Nail v. SlaytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1972
- Lunnermon v. PeytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1970
- Hancock v. SlaytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1972
- Carl William Powers v. United States of America, No. 71-1352. Summary Calendar. (1) Rule 18, 5 Cir. See Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Company of New York, 5 Cir., 1970, 431 F.2d 409 Part ICourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Tyler v. PeytonDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1968
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