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TRENT v. BLALOCK

No. 7895.

271 F.2d 510 (1959)

Lowry L. TRENT, Appellant, v. Joseph R. BLALOCK, M.D., Superintendent, Southwestern State Hospital, Marion, Virginia, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 2, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Laughlin, Richmond, Va. (Court-appointed counsel), for appellant (Lowry L. Trent, pro se, on brief).

Thomas M. Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen., of Virginia (A. S. Harrison, Jr., Atty. Gen., of Virginia, on brief), for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, SOPER, Circuit Judge, and FIELD, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court entered on December 2, 1958, denying appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which order recites that previous petitions were denied by that court on October 7, 1958, and November 4, 1958. Appellant is presently detained in Southwestern State Hospital, Marion, Virginia, where he has been since his commitment in 1924 after being indicted for murder. He contends that the District Court erroneously...

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