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SNIDER v. PEYTON

No. 9742.

356 F.2d 626 (1966)

Frank Jimmy SNIDER, Jr., Appellant, v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 28, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey S. Lutins, Roanoke, Va. (Honeyman & Lutins, Roanoke, Va., on brief), for appellant.

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

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and SOBELOFF and BOREMAN, Circuit Judges.

HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:

This Virginia prisoner under sentence of death for rape comes again before us.1 This time he contends that his execution would amount to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States which reflects the substance of the Eighth Amendment. The contention is buttressed by the opinion of Mr. Justice Goldberg,...

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