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TUCKER v. PEYTON

Civ. A. No. 67-C-19.

271 F.Supp. 667 (1967)

Henry TUCKER, Petitioner, v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

June 10, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reno S. Harp, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for 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 Henry Tucker, a state prisoner, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2241 and is filed in forma pauperis.

Petitioner is currently serving a life sentence in the Virginia State Penitentiary following his conviction, on May 26, 1964, for breaking and entering with intent to commit rape, before the Circuit Court...

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