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JONES v. SLAYTON

Civ. A. No. 71-C-73-R.

336 F.Supp. 922 (1971)

Cornell W. JONES, Petitioner, v. A. E. SLAYTON, Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

December 10, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Tabor Cronk, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for respondent.

OPINION and JUDGMENT

DALTON, District Judge.

This case comes before the court upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed in forma pauperis by Cornell W. Jones, a state prisoner, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C.A. § 2241.

The petitioner is currently serving two consecutive five-year sentences imposed by the Hustings Court of the City of Roanoke for convictions of possession and sale of heroin. The first of these convictions, entered...

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