Legal Opinion
Coleman v. Johnson
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided September 29, 1983No. Civ. A. No. 82-0017-APublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
GLEN M. WILLIAMS, District Judge.
Charles L. Coleman was convicted in the Circuit Court of Smyth County of statutory burglary, Va.Code § 18.2-91, as amended, and of grand larceny, Va.Code § 18.2-95, as amended. For each charge, he was sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a term of ten years.
The Supreme Court of Virginia denied Coleman’s petition for a writ of error. The plaintiff then petitioned this court, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, for a writ of habeas corpus in which he alleged eleven errors entitling him to relief. The court denied the petition on December…
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