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ADKINS v. SMYTH

No. 6255.

188 F.2d 452 (1951)

ADKINS v. SMYTH.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 10, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. A. Hall, Jr., Richmond, Va., for appellant.

Frederick T. Gray, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Virginia (J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Atty. Gen. of Virginia, on brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge and SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order denying a writ of habeas corpus. Appellant pleaded guilty to a charge of rape in a Virginia state court and was sentenced to 30 years in the penitentiary. He subsequently applied to the Supreme Court of Appeals of the state to be released on habeas corpus on the ground that the bill of indictment was fatally defective. This was denied and the Supreme Court of the United States denied certiorari. 340 U.S. 838, 71 S.Ct. 24...

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