Legal Opinion
Lunnermon v. Peyton
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided February 25, 1970No. Civ. A. No. 67-C-64PublishedCited by 8 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 Jessie James Lunnermon, a state prisoner, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The petition was filed in this court on December 7, 1967.
Petitioner is currently serving a term of life imprisonment in the Virginia State Penitentiary pursuant to a conviction of first degree murder in the Circuit Court of the City of Martinsville, imposed on May 21, 1957. The conviction resulted after a trial by jury in which petitioner, represented by court-appointed counsel,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Reck v. PateSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Noah William Wade v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- Lunnermon v. PeytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1968
3Cited by8 opinions
- Akers v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1975
- State v. GrantCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1973
- Ex Parte PerezCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- John Calvin Johnson v. Walter M. RiddleCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
- Toliver v. GathrightDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1980
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