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WILLIAMS v. PEYTON

Nos. 12483, 12484.

404 F.2d 528 (1968)

Freddie WILLIAMS, Appellee, v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, Appellant. Freddie WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 26, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry H. Davis, Jr., Norfolk, Va. (court-appointed counsel) (Taylor, Gustin, Harris, Fears & Davis, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for Freddie Williams.

Reno S. Harp, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen., of Va., on brief), for C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of Virginia State Penitentiary.

Before BOREMAN, BRYAN and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.

BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

The Commonwealth of Virginia appealed from a judgment of the district court granting a writ of habeas corpus to Freddie Williams because he had not been afforded counsel in juvenile court. Williams cross-appealed alleging that his confession was improperly admitted into evidence, that his attorney failed to perfect a timely appeal, and that the sentencing procedure followed by the trial court denied him due process of law. We affirm the judgment...

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