Legal Opinion
Avent v. Peyton
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided October 14, 1968No. Misc. No. 7044-NPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
KELLAM, District Judge.
Petition of Alpheus Avent for a writ of habeas corpus was received in this Court on October 4, 1968, seeking relief from sentence imposed upon him by the Hustings Court of the City of Richmond upon his conviction by a jury of the offense of malicious wounding. He alleges he filed petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Hustings Court of Richmond, Virginia, which was denied and the petition dismissed August 19, 1968. No appeal was taken.
Grounds for relief are set forth in the petition as (1) the taking of notes by a juror during trial, which the juror…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Robert J. Grundler and Joseph L. Jelly v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- Mellott Faust v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
- Albert Young v. Otto C. Boles, Warden of the West Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
- Clarence Johnson v. J. D. Middlebrooks, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Donaldson v. WyrickDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1974
- Newman v. State of MissouriDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1974
- Gowen v. WilkersonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1973