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POTEAT v. PEYTON

Civ. A. No. 67-C-11-L.

270 F.Supp. 220 (1967)

Macicle E. POTEAT, Petitioner, v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

June 9, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reno S. Harp, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for respondent, C. C. Peyton.

OPINION and JUDGMENT

DALTON, Chief Judge.

This case comes before the court upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by Macicle Edward Poteat, a state prisoner, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2241 and is filed in forma pauperis. The case was ordered transferred to this court from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on March 23, 1967.

Petitioner is now serving a twenty (20) year sentence for...

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