Legal Opinion
Smith v. Peyton
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided December 1, 1967No. Civ. A. No. 67-C-80-RPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and JUDGMENT
TED DALTON, Chief Judge.
This case comes before the Court upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by Willie Smith, a state prisoner, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2241 and is filed in forma pauperis.
Petitioner is now being detained pursuant to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Pulaski County on March 6, 1939, wherein petitioner was sentenced to serve a term of eighteen years in the penitentiary, having been convicted of housebreaking and burglary. This sentence was ordered to run consecutively to the sentences that had previously been imposed on petitioner.
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Coplon v. United States (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
- Neufield v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
- James C. Dillard v. Lynn Bomar, Warden, Tennessee State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
- United States v. VenutoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1950
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Camm v. PeytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1969
- Case v. AndrewsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1979
- Douglas v. VirginiaDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1971
- Jordan v. SlaytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1972
- Newman v. PeytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1969