MASSIE v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

Civ. A. No. 72-C-23-L.

348 F.Supp. 160 (1972)

Thurston James MASSIE, Petitioner, v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, Respondent.

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

September 11, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurston James Massie, pro se.

Gilbert W. Haith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for respondent.


OPINION

WIDENER, Chief Judge.

On July 25, 1968, petitioner was tried by a jury in the Circuit Court of Amherst County, Virginia, on a charge of statutory burglary. The jury found petitioner guilty and fixed his punishment at two years in the state penitentiary.

Petitioner appealed his conviction to the Supreme Court of Virginia. The court denied his petition for a writ of error and affirmed the trial court's judgment. Massie v. Commonwealth,

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