Legal Opinion
Burton v. Peyton
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 19, 1970No. Record 7048PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
James Clyde Burton is before us on a writ of error to a judgment of the court below denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus following a plenary hearing on November 20, 1967. Petitioner attacks a judgment imposed upon him on July 19, 1962, wherein he was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Thomas Joe Howell.
On Sunday, November 5, 1961, about 6:30 P.M., Howell was killed by an assailant, then unknown, while in his automobile at an abandoned ball park in Halifax County.
On April 18, 1962, Burton shot and wounded two deputies from the sheriff’s office of Halifax County as…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Peyton v. KingSupreme Court of Virginia · 1969
- George Brown, Jr. v. W. Frank Smyth, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1959
- Rayfield Moore v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Florida Division of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Griffin v. PeytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1968
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Muse v. SlaytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1971
- Commonwealth v. HaynesVirginia Beach County Circuit Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. MiddletonVirginia Beach County Circuit Court · 1988
- Patterson v. SlaytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1971