MARTIN v. PEYTON


183 S.E.2d 731 (1971)

212 Va. 247

James K. MARTIN v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, etc.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 11, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Renney, Wakefield, on brief, for plaintiff in error.

Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., C. Tabor Cronk, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief, for defendant in error.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and I'ANSON, CARRICO, GORDON, HARRISON, COCHRAN and HARMAN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

On September 30, 1966, James K. Martin, the petitioner, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus attacking his 1952 conviction of robbery. The petition alleged that the conviction was void because the petitioner was coerced into confessing to the crime and because he was denied effective assistance of counsel at his trial. The trial court, after a plenary hearing, refused to issue the writ and dismissed the petition.

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