Legal Opinion
Massie v. Virginia
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided September 11, 1972No. Civ. A. No. 72-C-23-LPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WIDENER, Chief Judge.
On July 25, 1968, petitioner was tried by a jury in the Circuit Court of Amherst County, Virginia, on a charge of statutory burglary. The jury found petitioner guilty and fixed his punishment at two years in the state penitentiary.
Petitioner appealed his conviction to the Supreme Court of Virginia. The court denied his petition for a writ of error and affirmed the trial court’s judgment. Massie v. Commonwealth, 211 Va. 429, 177 S.E.2d 615 (1970).
He now petitions this court for relief from his sentence by way of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241(c)(3). The…
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