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COX v. PEYTON

Civ. A. No. 68-C-37-D.

291 F.Supp. 879 (1968)

Hancel Aaron COX, Petitioner, v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

September 18, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald L. Baliles, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for respondent.

OPINION and JUDGMENT

DALTON, Chief Judge.

This cause comes before the court on a petition for habeas corpus filed in forma pauperis by Hancel Aaron Cox, a prisoner of the State of Virginia, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C.A. § 2241.

Petitioner is presently serving a fifty year sentence following his conviction on December 2, 1965 in the Circuit Court of Henry County for rape.

Petitioner did not appeal his conviction, but...

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