GRIFFIN v. PEYTON

Civ. A. No. 67-C-61-D.

284 F.Supp. 650 (1968)

James Lewis GRIFFIN, Petitioner, v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

May 8, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Overton P. Pollard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for respondent.


OPINION and JUDGMENT

DALTON, Chief Judge.

Alleging that he was convicted through the use of a confession involuntarily obtained and through the lack of effective assistance of counsel, petitioner comes to this court seeking a writ of habeas corpus. He makes the additional claim that he was denied his right to appeal the conviction rendered January 27, 1964 in the Circuit Court of Henry County. Through state habeas corpus proceedings the petitioner has exhausted...

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