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THOMPSON v. PEYTON

Civ. A. No. 67-C-44-L.

280 F.Supp. 210 (1968)

Preston THOMPSON, Petitioner, v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

February 21, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reno S. Harp, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., 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 in forma pauperis by a State prisoner pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

Petitioner is currently serving a term of twenty years in the Virginia State Penitentiary, pursuant to a conviction of murder in the Circuit Court of Amherst County on October 29, 1945. At his trial petitioner was represented by counsel...

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