GILREATH v. ROBINSON

Civ. A. No. 77-0652-R.

544 F.Supp. 569 (1982)

John Stephen GILREATH, Petitioner, v. A. T. ROBINSON, Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

United States District Court, E. D. Virginia, Richmond Division.

July 30, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert K. Davis, McLean, Va., for petitioner.

Thomas D. Bagwell, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Va., Richmond, Va., for respondent.


MEMORANDUM

MERHIGE, District Judge.

Petitioner, an inmate at the Virginia State Penitentiary, brings this habeas corpus petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, attacking the validity of his convictions in a Virginia circuit court of first degree murder and abduction with intent to defile. Petitioner is presently serving concurrent sentences of life and fifty years imposed by a jury upon the two convictions. Three trial errors are alleged by petitioner...

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