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THORNHILL v. PEYTON

Civ. A. No. 67-C-38-L.

285 F.Supp. 104 (1968)

Carlton THORNHILL, Petitioner, v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

May 23, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Overton P. Pollard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for respondent.

OPINION and JUDGMENT

DALTON, Chief Judge.

This case comes before the court upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed by Carlton Thornhill in forma pauperis pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

Petitioner is currently serving a term of life imprisonment in the Virginia State Penitentiary, pursuant to a conviction of first degree murder by the Circuit Court of Amherst County on September 30, 1959. At his trial before...

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