Legal Opinion
Eldridge v. Peyton
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided December 5, 1968No. Civ. A. No. 68-C-17-LPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and JUDGMENT.
DALTON, Chief Judge.
This proceeding comes before this court on a petition for habeas corpus filed in forma pauperis by Edward Lee Eldridge, a prisoner of the State of Virginia, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2241.
On December 9, 1953, petitioner was tried on three counts of robbery in the Lynchburg City Corporation Court and found guilty; whereupon, he was sentenced to thirty (30) years imprisonment in the State Penitentiary on each of the three counts. On September 16, 1965, the three robbery convictions were declared null and void in a habeas corpus proceeding…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Jones v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Parker v. EllisSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Rowe v. PeytonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- Nathan Thomas v. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- Blowe v. PeytonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1967
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Robert Lee Ferguson v. J. D. Cox, Superintendent, Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
- Walker v. DillardDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1972
- Betonie v. SizemoreDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1973