Legal Opinion
Clark v. Peyton
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided February 12, 1968No. Civ. A. No. 67-C-19-CPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and JUDGMENT
DALTON, Chief Judge.
This case comes before the court upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed in forma pauperis by Lloyd Clark pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241.
Petitioner is currently serving a term of fifteen years in the Virginia State Penitentiary, pursuant to a conviction for robbery by the Corporation Court for the City of Charlottesville on December 1, 1966. At his trial before a jury, petitioner was represented by court-appointed counsel. The case was appealed on a writ of error to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia and, on June 14, 1967, that Court…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Mellott Faust v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
- Oscar A. Harrison v. Otto C. Boles, Warden of the West Virginia Penitentiary, Moundsville, West VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
- Delevan Wesley Thomas v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
3Cited by6 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Berberian v. CliffDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1969
- Montgomery v. PeytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1969
- Bradley v. PeytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1969
- United States ex rel. Travis v. TravisDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1970
- Floyd v. Superintendent, Virginia State PenitentiaryDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1974
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