REYES v. SLAYTON

Civ. A. No. 72-C-5-D.

341 F.Supp. 926 (1972)

Emilio REYES, Petitioner, v. A. E. SLAYTON, Jr., Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

April 17, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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


OPINION and JUDGMENT

DALTON, District Judge.

Emilio Reyes petitions this court for a writ of habeas corpus to terminate his alleged illegal confinement in the Virginia State Penitentiary. Leave to proceed in forma pauperis has been granted.

Reyes was convicted of robbery in the Corporation Court of Martinsville on December 13, 1967, and sentenced to a twenty year term in the State Penitentiary. The conviction arose from a jury trial at which...

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