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COOPER v. PEYTON

Civ. A. No. 68-C-63-R.

295 F.Supp. 21 (1968)

Harrison Cantor COOPER, Jr., Petitioner, v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

December 23, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

OPINION AND JUDGMENT

DALTON, Chief Judge.

Harrison C. Cooper, Jr., the petitioner, was convicted of second degree murder in the Hustings Court of Roanoke, Virginia, on March 30, 1965. His appeal from that conviction by writ of error to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia was denied. Claiming that his conviction was illegally obtained, the petitioner sought habeas corpus relief in the state courts under Va...

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