Legal Opinion
Mebane v. Peyton
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided September 15, 1967No. Civ. A. No. 67-C-44-DPublishedCited by 1 opinion
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 James Daniel Mebane, a state prisoner, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2241 and is filed in forma pawperis. The case was ordered transferred to this court from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on August 8,1967.
The facts of the case are as follows:
On January 11, 1962, a warrant was issued against the petitioner charging him with the crime of breaking and entering. Petitioner was arrested and indicted for that offense by the grand…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Curtis Edward Midgett v. Warden, Maryland State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- Midgett v. WardenDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1963
- Roy Douglas v. Lamoyne Green, Superintendent, Marion Correctional InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1964
3Cited by1 opinion
- Thacker v. PeytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1968