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WILLIAMS v. PEYTON

Civ. A. No. 69-C-4-R.

297 F.Supp. 857 (1969)

Earl Mack WILLIAMS, Petitioner, v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

March 25, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

OPINION and JUDGMENT

DALTON, Chief Judge.

This case comes before this court on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed in forma pauperis by Earl Mack Williams, a state prisoner, pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 2241. The petition was filed on January 13, 1969.

Petitioner is currently serving a life sentence in the Virginia State Penitentiary pursuant to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Roanoke County on March 5, 1954, wherein he was convicted...

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