Legal Opinion
Peyton v. Christian
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 12, 1967No. Record 6432PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
Jerry E. Christian, petitioner, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum in the Law and Equity Court of the City of Richmond on September 23, 1965, alleging that he was being illegally detained by C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, respondent. He averred that on September 9, 1965, by an order of the Circuit Court of the City of Chesapeake, a sentence of four years in the penitentiary imposed on petitioner by the Circuit Court of Norfolk county on November 10, 1944, had been declared void, and that he was entitled to credit for part of the time…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Anthony v. KaseySupreme Court of Virginia · 1887
- Peyton v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1965
- McDorman v. SmythSupreme Court of Virginia · 1948
- Smyth v. MidgettSupreme Court of Virginia · 1958
- Fitzgerald v. SmythSupreme Court of Virginia · 1953
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Douglas F. Miller v. J. D. Cox, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
- Moore v. PeytonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1970
- Clyde Mason Thacker v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
- Eldridge v. PeytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1968
- Commonwealth v. BertiniFairfax County Circuit Court · 2005
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