Legal Opinion
Sanderlin v. Smyth
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 8, 1943No. 5121PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia quashing a writ of habeas corpus, dismissing the petition for the writ and remanding petitioner to the custody of the Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary by whom he was held pursuant to a judgment and sentence of the Circuit Court of Norfolk County, Virginia. In the year 1940, the petitioner was indicted, tried and found guilty in the Circuit Court of Norfolk County of the crime of murder, and by that court was sentenced to the penitentiary .for the term…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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