MAPP v. PEYTON

Civ. A. No. 68-C-22-H.

310 F.Supp. 59 (1970)

John Elwood MAPP, Petitioner, v. C. C. PEYTON (J. D. Cox), Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

January 14, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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


ORDER

DALTON, Chief Judge.

This proceeding comes before the court on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed on September 30, 1968, in forma pauperis, by John Elwood Mapp, a prisoner of the State of Virginia pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2241.

Petitioner Mapp is presently serving a four (4) year sentence in the Virginia State Penitentiary pursuant to his conviction on December 14, 1966 in the Circuit Court of Accomack...

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