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THORNHILL v. PEYTON

Civ. A. No. 67-C-38-L.

303 F.Supp. 460 (1969)

Carlton THORNHILL v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary.

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

August 27, 1969.

OPINION AND JUDGMENT

WIDENER, District Judge.

This case is on petition for habeas corpus of Carlton Thornhill filed in forma pauperis, and comes to this court on remand from the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit for the sole question of "* * * a determination of Thornhill's sanity at the time of the trial, either on the basis of an adequate state record or a hearing." Thornhill v. Peyton, Memorandum Decision, C.A.4, April 11, 1969. The instant...

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