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HODNETT v. SLAYTON

Civ. A. No. 72-C-10-D.

343 F.Supp. 1142 (1972)

William Scott HODNETT, Petitioner, v. A. E. SLAYTON, Jr., Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

May 16, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

OPINION and JUDGMENT

DALTON, District Judge.

William Scott Hodnett petitions this court for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, to terminate his alleged illegal confinement in the Virginia prison system. Leave to proceed in forma pauperis has been granted.

Hodnett was convicted of armed robbery in the Circuit Court of Pittsylvania County on March 13, 1967, and was sentenced to a twenty (20) year term in the State Penitentiary...

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