Legal Opinion
Edwards v. Virginia State Department of Corrections
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided November 27, 1978No. Civ. A. 78-0241(R)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
TURK, Chief Judge.
Petitioner, Joseph Franklin Edwards, Sr., was convicted in the Circuit Court of Franklin County on December 9, 1968, of breaking and entering and possession of a sawed-off shotgun. He was sentenced to the Virginia State Penitentiary for twenty years with twelve suspended and a five-year sentence to run concurrently with the first. On April 7, 1973, the petitioner escaped from Penitentiary Camp No. 7, White Post, Virginia. Petitioner was subsequently convicted in North Carolina on North Carolina charges, and sentenced to the North Carolina Penitentiary.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- McKane v. DurstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Slayton v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Thomas Harry Durkin v. Jack F. Davis, Director, Dept. Of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
- Peyton v. KingSupreme Court of Virginia · 1969
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In Re the Personal Restraint of LittleWashington Supreme Court · 1981
- Washington v. DownesDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1979