Legal Opinion
Morris v. Peyton
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided March 28, 1968No. Civ. A. No. 68-C-1-HPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND JUDGMENT
DALTON, Chief Judge.
This case comes before the court upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by John E. Morris, a state prisoner, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The petition, filed in forma pawperis, was ordered transferred to this court from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division, on January 31, 1968.
On November 18, 1960, petitioner Morris was convicted of first degree murder *65by the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia, Judge Hamilton Haas presiding. Pursuant to that conviction, a life sentence…
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