Legal Opinion
May v. Peyton
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided May 9, 1967No. 66-C-23-CPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
MICHIE, District Judge.
Following entry of a plea of not guilty and a trial by jury in the Circuit Court of Albemarle County in June of 1965, the above-named prisoner was convicted and sentenced to twenty years imprisonment for armed robbery. An earlier conviction arising out of the same circumstances had been set aside and the sentence declared null and void.
Though he is not now serving the twenty year sentence resulting from his 1965 armed robbery conviction, his attack on that conviction is not considered premature. Since his armed robbery sentence affects his present…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Singer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Webb v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1963
- Gaito v. StraussDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1966
- Ben A. Johnson v. Victor G. Walker, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana and the State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Curtis L. Braxton v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Richard Vines v. R. M. Muncy, Superintendent, James River Correctional Center, and the Attorney General of VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. BraunsteinDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1979
- Edwards v. SchmidtDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1971
- Carroll v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1975
- Hall v. CoxDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1971
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