LANKFORD v. FOSTER

Civ. A. No. 81-0159-R.

546 F.Supp. 241 (1982)

Charles LANKFORD, Petitioner, v. O. S. FOSTER, Sheriff, Respondent.

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

August 12, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher M. Hopkins, Hall, Surovell, Jackson & Colten, P. C., Fairfax, Va., Alan H. Levine, Clark, Wulf & Levine, New York City, for petitioner.

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


MEMORANDUM OPINION

TURK, Chief Judge.

Charles Lankford, currently incarcerated at the Roanoke County-Salem Jail Facility, filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241-2254. Petitioner is detained pursuant to the judgment of the Circuit Court for the County of Fairfax entered on December 19, 1978, whereby petitioner was convicted of three counts of forcible sodomy and sentenced to ten years on each count with the...

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