Legal Opinion
George Brown, Jr. v. W. Frank Smyth, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 19, 1959No. 7896_1PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.
The appellant is serving a life term in the Virginia State Penitentiary for robbery with a deadly weapon. The District Court denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, brought after he had exhausted his state remedies, including application for certiorari which was denied by the Supreme Court of the United States, Brown v. Smyth, 1958, 358 U.S. 854, 79 S.Ct. 83, 3 L.Ed.2d 88.
The sole contention of the petitioner which merits consideration is that he was “coerced” into pleading guilty by his court-appointed attorney who advised him that “the plea of not guilty meant…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Diggs v. WelchCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
- Dorsey v. GillCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
- James E. Adams v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- Judson Broadus v. Dr. James v. LowryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1957
3Cited by17 opinions
- United States of America Ex Rel. John McGrath v. J. E. Lavallee, Warden of Clinton Prison, Dannemora, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Clarence Irvin Turner v. State of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- Gary Lee Tompa v. Commonwealth of Virginia Ex Rel. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- George Brown, Jr. v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
- Owsley v. CunninghamDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1961
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