WIDENER, District Judge.
The petitioner is held in custody pursuant to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Pittsylvania County of May 28, 1968, wherein petitioner was convicted for the murder of his wife, Bernice Petty Wimbush, and sentenced to twenty years in the Virginia State Penitentiary.
In his petition for writ of habeas corpus before this court, the petitioner sets forth three grounds which he contends require this court to set aside his state court...
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