WOODFIN v. PADERICK

Civ. A. No. 74-0118-R.

389 F.Supp. 344 (1975)

Thomas WOODFIN v. E. L. PADERICK, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary.

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

February 18, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald G. Poindexter, Petersburg, Va., for plaintiff.

Wilburn C. Dibling, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. of Va., Richmond, Va., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM

MERHIGE, District Judge.

Thomas Woodfin, a Virginia prisoner incarcerated pursuant to a judgment entered by the Circuit Court of the City of Petersburg on January 30, 1973, upon a jury verdict adjudging him guilty of possession of a controlled drug, petitions the Court for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he is in custody in violation of the Constitution of the United States. Jurisdiction is attained by virtue of 28 U.S.C. § 2254.<...

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