THACKER v. COX

Civ. A. No. 5336.

309 F.Supp. 101 (1970)

Junior Glaten THACKER v. J. D. COX, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary.

United States District Court, E. D. Virginia, Richmond Division.

February 17, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. G. Allen, Jr., Richmond, Va., for petitioner.

O. P. Pollard, Richmond, Va., for respondent.


MEMORANDUM

MERHIGE, District Judge.

The petitioner herein filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and was granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis. The respondent answered and moved to dismiss.

This Court appointed counsel to represent petitioner and granted a plenary hearing on all issues raised by his petition.

Thacker's main contention, which developed during the plenary hearing, centered around a colloquy between the trial judge...

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