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TAYLOR v. SLAYTON

Civ. A. No. 72-C-14-R.

341 F.Supp. 489 (1972)

Otha TAYLOR, Petitioner, v. A. E. SLAYTON, Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

March 30, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

OPINION AND JUDGMENT

DALTON, District Judge.

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

Taylor was convicted of first degree murder in the Circuit Court of Roanoke County on December 3, 1969, and sentenced to a 99 year term in the State Penitentiary. The...

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