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SMITH v. SLAYTON

Civ. A. No. 71-C-51-L.

340 F.Supp. 236 (1972)

Jerry Alonzo SMITH, Petitioner, v. A. E. SLAYTON, Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

March 21, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert W. Haith, 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 filled in forma pauperis by Jerry Alonzo Smith, a state prisoner, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 et seq.

Smith was convicted of robbery in the Corporation Court of the City of Lynchburg on November 9, 1970, and sentenced to a seven year term in the Virginia State Penitentiary. At trial petitioner, represented by court...

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