THACKER v. SLAYTON

Civ. A. No. 494-71-R.

375 F.Supp. 1332 (1974)

Junior Glaten THACKER v. A. E. SLAYTON, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary.

United States District Court, E. D. Virginia, Richmond Division.

May 20, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evans B. Brassfield, Richmond, Va., for plaintiff.

William A. Carter, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Virginia, Richmond, Va., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM

MERHIGE, District Judge.

Petitioner, a Virginia prisoner, seeks federal habeas corpus relief from a state conviction for first degree murder. Jurisdiction is attained pursuant to 28 U. S.C. § 2254.

The petition formally presents three grounds on which relief is requested:

1. That the state trial judge wrongfully refused to relieve petitioner's appointed counsel upon petitioner's request and grant petitioner a continuance of...

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