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DONOVAN v. DAVIS

Civ. A. No. 75-0015.

397 F.Supp. 372 (1975)

Joseph Howard DONOVAN, Petitioner, v. Jack F. DAVIS, Director, Virginia State Department of Corrections, and A. T. Robinson, Superintendent, Powhatan Correctional Center, Respondents.

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

May 29, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Hogshire, Lowe & Gordon, Charlottesville, Va., for petitioner.

Gilbert W. Haith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for respondents.

OPINION and JUDGMENT

DALTON, District Judge.

Joseph Howard Donovan, petitioner, has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus with this court. Petitioner is currently serving a sentence of ten years in the state penitentiary. Petitioner was convicted for attempted rape, entered in the Circuit Court for Rockingham County, Virginia. Petitioner is presently detained at the Powhatan Correctional Center.

Petitioner challenges his conviction of March...

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