Legal Opinion
Pannell v. Peyton
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided June 5, 1968No. Civ. A. No. 68-C-35-APublishedCited 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 Clyde Panned, a state prisoner, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2241 and is filed in forma pauperis. The case was ordered transferred to this court from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on March 16, 1968.
Petitioner is currently being detained pursuant to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Scott County, Virginia, rendered on November 20, 1956, wherein he was convicted of rape and sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. However,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Rowe v. PeytonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- Peyton v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1965
- Clyde Pannell v. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
3Cited by1 opinion
- Albert H. Carter v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982