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HILTON v. PEYTON

Civ. A. No. 67-C-21-A.

267 F.Supp. 719 (1967)

Luther Stephen HILTON, Petitioner, v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

May 9, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

OPINION and JUDGMENT

DALTON, Chief Judge.

This case comes before the court upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by Luther Stephen Hilton, a state prisoner, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2241 and is filed in forma pauperis.

Petitioner is currently serving a term of seventeen years in the Virginia State Penitentiary pursuant to sentences of ten and seven years, to be served consecutively, which were imposed by the Circuit...

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