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MOSLEY v. SLAYTON

Civ. A. No. 71-C-68-D.

348 F.Supp. 1 (1972)

Elijah MOSLEY, Petitioner, v. A. E. SLAYTON, Jr., Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

September 5, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elijah Mosley, pro se.

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

OPINION

WIDENER, Chief Judge.

Petitioner was convicted of second degree murder in the Circuit Court of Charlotte County, Virginia, on December 10, 1970. He was tried by a jury which fixed his punishment at twenty years in the penitentiary.

The Supreme Court of Virginia denied his petition for a writ of error by order entered September 1, 1971.

Petitioner now seeks relief from his sentence by way of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241...

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