Bland v. Johnson

MEMORANDUM

WARRINER, District Judge.

Gilbert A. Bland, an inmate at the Powhatan Correctional Center, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, brings this petition for a writ of habeas corpus, under 28 U.S.C. .§ 2254, seeking relief from a conviction of first degree murder imposed by the Circuit Court of the City of Petersburg on 10 April 1962. Petitioner indicates that he did not appeal his conviction. He did, however, file one or more petitions for State habeas corpus in the Circuit Court of Petersburg. These, however, were apparently not appealed to the Virginia Supreme Court.

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