Legal Opinion
Roundtree v. Riddle
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided July 28, 1976No. Civ. A. No. 76-0036(L)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and JUDGMENT
DALTON, District Judge.
Petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He is presently being detained as a result of convictions of possession of heroin and possession of marijuana rendered on October 17, 1974 in the Circuit Court of the City of Lynch-burg. Petitioner was sentenced to ten years in the Virginia State Penitentiary on the heroin charge, and twelve months in jail and a fine of $100 on the marijuana charge. He subsequently appealed these convictions to the Supreme Court of Virginia which on June 3, 1975 denied and dismissed his writ of…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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