Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Cox
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided April 17, 1970No. Civ. A. No. 70-C-8-DPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND JUDGMENT
DALTON, Chief Judge.
This case comes before the court on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in forma pauperis by Wesley Howard Wilson, a state prisoner, pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 2241.
Petitioner Wilson is currently serving a thirty year sentence in the Virginia State Penitentiary pursuant to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the City of Danville, imposed on January 19, 1966, for first degree murder. The petitioner was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to thirty years imprisonment. The record indicates that no appeal was taken from this conviction, however,…
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