WILSON v. SLAYTON

No. 72-1990.

470 F.2d 986 (1972)

Roy WILSON, Appellant, v. A. E. SLAYTON, Jr., Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

December 18, 1972.


PER CURIAM:

Wilson, a Virginia prisoner, attacks the constitutionality of his Virginia recidivist conviction under Va.Code § 53-296. More specifically he argues that the Virginia Recidivist Statute violates such constitutional principles as double jeopardy, due process and equal protection of the law.

Recidivist statutes are a perfectly legitimate subject of legislative regulation, Spencer v. Texas, 385 U.S. 554, 87 S.Ct...

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