RUSSELL v. PEYTON

Civ. A. No. 67-C-13-C.

278 F.Supp. 804 (1968)

Billy Junius RUSSELL, Petitioner, v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

January 12, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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


OPINION and JUDGMENT

DALTON, Chief Judge.

Sentenced to life imprisonment upon his conviction of the murder of Alphonzo William Patterson in the Circuit Court of Nelson County on March 1, 1961, Billy Junius Russell comes before this court with a petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking relief from the sentence which he is now serving. He claims ineffectiveness of his trial counsel, a prejudicial admission of an allegedly involuntary confession, lack of...

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