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BREWER v. PEYTON

Civ. A. No. 69-C-30-A.

302 F.Supp. 740 (1969)

Summit Curtis BREWER, Petitioner, v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

July 24, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis R. Mann, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for respondent.

OPINION and JUDGMENT

DALTON, Chief Judge.

This proceeding involves a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in forma pauperis by Summit Curtis Brewer, a prisoner of the State of Virginia, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C.A. § 2241.

Petitioner is presently serving a life sentence following his conviction for murder in the first degree in the Circuit Court of Carroll County on March 14, 1960. No appeal was taken, but petitioner...

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