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SNEAD v. PEYTON

Civ. A. No. 67-C-66-D.

280 F.Supp. 211 (1968)

George A. SNEAD, Petitioner, v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

February 15, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reno S. Harp, III, 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 in forma pauperis by George A. Snead pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2241.

Petitioner is currently serving a term of five years in the Virginia State Penitentiary, pursuant to a conviction of arson by the Corporation Court for the City of Danville on September 29, 1965. At his trial, petitioner was represented...

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