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HOPE v. PEYTON

Civ. A. No. 69-C-40-D.

340 F.Supp. 197 (1972)

Herbert Louis HOPE, Petitioner, v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

March 30, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Anderson, Danville, Va., for petitioner.

Gilbert W. Haith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for respondent.

OPINION

WIDENER, Chief Judge.

The petitioner was convicted of robbery in the Corporation Court of the City of Danville, March 14, 1968. He was tried by a jury, which convicted him and fixed his punishment at thirty years in the penitentiary.

He appealed his conviction to the Supreme Court of Appeals, which did not grant a writ of error.

He now petitions this court for relief from his sentence by way of habeas corpus. As grounds for relief...

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