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DAWSON v. PEYTON

Misc. No. 4817.

246 F.Supp. 444 (1965)

Edgar W. DAWSON, Petitioner, v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

October 20, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Larry Lambert, Preston & Preston, Norfolk, Va., for petitioner (court-appointed).

Reno S. Harp, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Virginia, Richmond, Va., for respondent.

DALTON, District Judge.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

This is a habeas corpus proceeding brought by Edgar W. Dawson, an inmate of the Virginia State Penitentiary. Dawson is presently serving a five year sentence imposed upon him in the Circuit Court of Greene County, Virginia, on September 18, 1961, for breaking and entering.

Dawson made application to the Circuit Court of Greene County, Virginia, for a writ of habeas corpus. That Court held a hearing on March...

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