Legal Opinion
Lloyd Paskel Kibert v. W. D. Blankenship, Lloyd Paskel Kibert v. W. D. Blankenship
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 4, 1979No. 78-6461, 78-6462PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge:
The Commonwealth of Virginia appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia granting habeas corpus relief to Lloyd Paskell Kibert. Kibert v. Blankenship, 454 F.Supp. 400 (W.D.Va. 1978).
The petitioner, together with his brothers, Jessee and LeJunior, was arrested on April 26, 1959, in Lee County, Virginia, for the ambush killings of his aunt and uncle. Several days after the arrest the family of the three brothers employed two attorneys to represent them. On June 4, 1959, all three entered guilty pleas, and the…
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