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DEWEASE, JR. v. COX

Civ. A. No. 71-C-39-R.

327 F.Supp. 652 (1971)

Frank Hendrick DEWEASE, JR., Petitioner, v. J. D. COX, et al., Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

April 30, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

OPINION and JUDGMENT

DALTON, Chief Judge.

This case comes before the court upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed in forma pauperis by Frank Hendrick Dewease, Jr., a state prisoner, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. 2241 and 2254.

Petitioner is currently serving a sentence of twenty years pursuant to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Virginia imposed on April 11, 1968 for second degree murder.

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