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CARRINGTON v. SLAYTON

Civ. A. No. 71-C-46-L.

359 F.Supp. 189 (1973)

James Murray CARRINGTON, Petitioner, v. A. E. SLAYTON, Jr., Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

May 31, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. L. Mangum, Lynchburg, Va., for petitioner.

Robert E. Shepherd, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for respondent.

OPINION

WIDENER, Circuit Judge (Sitting by Designation as a U. S. District Judge).

Petitioner, James Murray Carrington, having exhausted his state remedies, seeks relief from this court by way of writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner, who is black, is incarcerated as a result of two jury convictions in the Circuit Court of Appomatox County, one on December 8, 1970 for rape, and the other on May 17, 1971 for abduction...

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