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LAW v. COX

Civ. A. No. 70-C-35-D.

329 F.Supp. 849 (1971)

Samuel LAW, Petitioner, v. J. D. COX, Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

June 7, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel L. Manson, Martinsville, Va., for petitioner.

William P. Robinson, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for respondent.

OPINION and JUDGMENT

DALTON, District Judge.

This cause is before the court upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and the respondent's motion to dismiss the petition. The petitioner attacks convictions rendered against him in the Corporation Court of the City of Danville on August 4 and September 19, 1966 for the crimes of kidnapping and sodomy, respectively. He alleges that the convictions are constitutionally defective on the grounds a) that he was...

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