Legal Opinion
Edwards v. Sasser
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided January 3, 1979No. Civ. A. 77-0775-RPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MERHIGE, District Judge.
Petitioner, Joseph L. Edwards, a prisoner confined in the Virginia State Correction System at the Caroline Correctional Unit # 2, Hanover, Virginia, has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus. Jurisdiction vests in this court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a).
The Court has previously determined that petitioner exhausted his state remedies when the Virginia Supreme Court considered and denied his state petition for a writ of habeas corpus, involving certain of the claims here presented. Respondent, prison superintendent, filed an answer to the petition and…
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