Legal Opinion
Peyton v. Fields
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 25, 1966No. Record 6166PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSnead, J.
On. July 1, 1964, James E. Fields, sometimes hereinafter referred to as defendant, filed in the court below a petition for a writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum in which he claimed that he was being unlawfully detained by C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary. He made the customary and often abused claim for relief, i.e., that he was denied due process of law because he was not afforded effective assistance by his court-appointed counsel when he was tried, convicted and sentenced for statutory burglary and escape on July 7, 1959. At the conclusion of a plenary…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Walker v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Hawk v. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by22 opinions
- James E. Fields v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- Blowe v. PeytonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1967
- Peyton v. EllysonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1966
- Redd v. PeytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1967
- Yates v. PeytonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1966
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