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STEPHENS v. COX

No. 70-C-29-D.

315 F.Supp. 821 (1970)

Abner Junior STEPHENS, Petitioner, v. J. D. COX, Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

July 9, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry W. McLaughlin, III, Halifax, Va., for plaintiff.

Edward J. White, 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 Abner Junior Stephens, a state prisoner, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The petition was filed in this court on May 4, 1970.

Petitioner is currently serving a sentence of five years in the Virginia State Penitentiary, pursuant to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Halifax County, imposed on August...

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