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BRAXTON v. PEYTON

No. 10338.

365 F.2d 563 (1966)

Curtis L. BRAXTON, Appellant, v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 26, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Oakey, Jr., Richmond, Va., (Court-assigned counsel) [Battle, Neal, Harris, Minor & Williams, Richmond, Va., on the brief] for appellant.

Reno S. Harp, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Virginia, (Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen. of Virginia, on the brief) for appellee.

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

SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge:

Curtis L. Braxton is in the Virginia State Penitentiary, serving a sentence for robbery imposed by the Hustings Court of the City of Richmond after a plea of guilty. In his habeas corpus petition to the District Court the appellant claims first that he was denied his constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel in that the Public Defender who was designated to represent him gave his case inadequate attention. A second claim is that...

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