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MORGAN v. PEYTON

Civ. A. No. 68-C-6-C.

281 F.Supp. 522 (1968)

Lewis J. MORGAN, Petitioner, v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

February 29, 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 to the court upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed in forma pauperis, by a state prisoner pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

Petitioner is currently detained in the Virginia State Penitentiary, pursuant to a judgment of the Hustings Court of the City of Roanoke of April 30, 1946, petitioner's parole from said sentence having been revoked on October 14, 1964. Petitioner...

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