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BARKSDALE v. ROBINSON

Civ. Action No. 75-0027 (D).

397 F.Supp. 267 (1975)

Jerry Lee BARKSDALE, Petitioner, v. A. T. ROBINSON, Superintendent Powhatan Correctional Center, Respondent.

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

June 23, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Katz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for respondent.

OPINION and JUDGMENT

DALTON, District Judge.

Petitioner, Jerry Lee Barksdale, has filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 attacking his conviction in the Circuit Court of Halifax County on January 21, 1974 for second degree murder. He was sentenced to serve a term of twenty one years in the Virginia State Penitentiary. Petitioner appealed his conviction to the Virginia Supreme Court, which by order dated October...

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