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CARTER v. SLAYTON

Civ. A. No. 71-C-61.

341 F.Supp. 569 (1972)

Lawrence Lee CARTER, Petitioner, v. A. E. SLAYTON, Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

April 17, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

OPINION and JUDGMENT

DALTON, District Judge.

Lawrence Lee Carter petitions this court for a writ of habeas corpus to terminate his alleged confinement in the Virginia state prison system. Leave to proceed in forma pauperis has been granted.

Carter was convicted of malicious wounding in the Corporation Court of the City of Danville on January 28, 1969, and sentenced to an eighteen year term in the State Penitentiary. At trial petitioner pleaded...

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