Legal Opinion
Burton v. Cox
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided April 1, 1970No. Civ. A. No. 70-C-9PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND JUDGMENT
DALTON, Chief Judge.
This case comes before the court on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in forma pauperis by James Clyde Burton, a state prisoner, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The petition was originally filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and was transferred to this court by order filed February 6,1970.
Petitioner is currently serving a life sentence in the Virginia State Penitentiary pursuant to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the County of Halifax, imposed on July 19, 1962, for murder in the first degree.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Russell Judas Nelson v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
- John Lewis Snead v. W. Frank Smyth, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1959
- Peyton v. KingSupreme Court of Virginia · 1969
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MeehanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Hale v. CoxDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1972
- Wilson v. SiglerDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1971
- Davis v. SlaytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1973