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FLOYD v. SUPERINTENDENT, VIRGINIA STATE PEN.

Civ. A. No. 74-C-4-H.

383 F.Supp. 1103 (1974)

Louis Ellis FLOYD, Petitioner, v. SUPERINTENDENT, VIRGINIA STATE PENITENTIARY, Respondent.

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

October 21, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Phillip C. Stone, Wharton, Aldhizer & Weaver, Harrisonburg, Va., for petitioner.

OPINION AND JUDGMENT

DALTON, District Judge.

Louis Ellis Floyd, petitioner, has filed for a writ of habeas corpus challenging his detention pursuant to a judgment entered April 5, 1972 by the Page County Circuit Court. He was convicted in that court of unlawful wounding and sentenced to a term of five years in the Virginia State Penitentiary. He appealed his conviction to the Virginia Supreme Court, which by order dated October 6, 1972 refused his writ of...

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