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THOMASSON v. SLAYTON

Civ. A. No. 71-C-52-D.

340 F.Supp. 597 (1972)

John Edward THOMASSON, Petitioner, v. A. E. SLAYTON, Jr., Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

April 4, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Edward Thomasson, pro se.

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

WIDENER, Chief Judge.

Petitioner seeks relief here by way of habeas corpus from a conviction in the courts of Virginia.

Thomasson was convicted by a jury in the Martinsville Corporation Court of feloniously breaking and entering the Martinsville Elks Lodge No. 1752 on April 4, 1967 and of feloniously taking and carrying away therefrom goods and chattels valued at $200.00. The jury fixed his punishment at three years and five years, respectively, on each charge...

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