WYNN v. PEYTON

Civ. A. No. 66-C-89-R.

262 F.Supp. 645 (1967)

Leroy WYNN, Petitioner, v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

United States District Court W. D. Virginia, Roanoke Division.

January 11, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No appearance for petitioner.

Reno S. Harp, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for respondent.


OPINION and JUDGMENT

DALTON, Chief Judge.

This case comes before the court upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed in forma pauperis by a State prisoner, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

Petitioner is currently serving a sentence of life imprisonment pursuant to conviction for first degree murder in the Hustings Court of the City of Roanoke, Virginia, on April 14, 1959. Petitioner was sentenced upon a plea of...

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