Brooks v. Peyton

Petitioner, David Leon Brooks, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, supplemented by a bill of particulars, against the respondent, C. C. Peyton, Superintendent, Etc., alleging that by failure of the Commonwealth to timely prosecute him on an indictment charging larceny he had been denied a speedy trial in violation of the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, § 8 of the Constitution of Virginia, and § 19.1-191, Code of 1950, as amended; that his conviction on a second indictment charging robbery, which arose out of the same factual situation as that charged in the…