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BLANKENSHIP v. PEYTON

Civ. A. No. 68-C-118-A.

295 F.Supp. 16 (1969)

Jimmie BLANKENSHIP, Petitioner, v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

January 2, 1969.

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 on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed in forma pauperis by Jimmie Blankenship, a state prisoner, pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 2241. The petition was filed on November 29, 1968.

The petitioner is currently being detained in the Virginia State Penitentiary pursuant to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Buchanan County of January 23, 1963, wherein the petitioner...

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