Legal Opinion
Cook v. Cox
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided July 19, 1971No. Civ. A. 71-C-3-LPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WIDENER, District Judge.
Pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S. C. § 2241, Marvin K. Cook, a state convict, has filed a petition in forma pauperis requesting relief by way of habeas corpus from his imprisonment.
On July 10, 1969, in the Corporation Court of the City of Lynchburg, petitioner was convicted of feloniously altering a motor vehicle registration card, and as a result thereof, was sentenced by a jury to one year in the state penitentiary. This conviction, on the same issues here presented, was affirmed by the Virginia Supreme Court on April 28, 1970. Petitioner has exhausted his…
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