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COLE v. SLAYTON

Civ. A. No. 73-C-87-A.

378 F.Supp. 364 (1974)

Jimmie Oscar COLE, No. 74450, Petitioner, v. A. E. SLAYTON, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

May 31, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Birg E. Sergent, Pennington Gap, Va., for petitioner.

Linwood T. Wells, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for respondent.

OPINION

TURK, Chief Judge.

Jimmie Oscar Cole, Jr. pled guilty and was convicted of robbery in the Circuit Court of Russell County, Virginia on September 8, 1958. He was sentenced to serve a term of twenty-four years in the penitentiary. He now petitions this court for a writ of habeas corpus alleging that he was denied effective assistance of counsel and because of this, his guilty plea was involuntary. The record indicates that these issues were presented...

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