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BOWRING v. COX

Civ. A. No. 69-C-79-R.

320 F.Supp. 688 (1970)

Larry Grant BOWRING v. J. D. COX, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary (formerly C. C. Peyton).

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

December 31, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Roy Rush, Roanoke, Va., Court appointed attorney, for petitioner.

Vann H. Lefcoe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for respondent.

OPINION

WIDENER, District Judge.

This proceeding is a petition for habeas corpus for relief from a Virginia conviction for robbery filed in forma pauperis by Larry Grant Bowring, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C., § 2241.

Petitioner was convicted in the Hustings Court of the City of Roanoke, Virginia, on November 6, 1968. He was sentenced to serve ten years in the penitentiary.

In this proceeding, petitioner contends that his constitutional...

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