RUSSELL v. COX

Civ. A. No. 69-C-45-D.

326 F.Supp. 27 (1971)

Robert Walter RUSSELL, Petitioner, v. J. D. COX, Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary, Defendant.

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

May 11, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Walter Russell, pro se.

William P. Robinson, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for respondent.


OPINION

WIDENER, District Judge.

Petitioner, a Virginia State prisoner, seeks habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S. C. § 2241, complaining that his current imprisonment pursuant to a conviction of armed robbery is unlawful, and challenging the legality of a consecutive sentence for kidnapping.

On January 20, 1966, Russell was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to thirty years' imprisonment following a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Pittsylvania...

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