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JOHNSON v. SIMPSON

Civ. A. No. 76-0038(L).

421 F.Supp. 333 (1976)

Reuben Cornelious JOHNSON, Jr., Petitioner, v. L. W. SIMPSON, Jr., Sheriff, City of Lynchburg, Virginia, Respondent.

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

August 30, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reuben Johnson, Jr., pro se.

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

OPINION and JUDGMENT

DALTON, District Judge.

The petitioner, Reuben Cornelious Johnson, Jr., has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in this court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Mr. Johnson is currently serving an eight year sentence, pursuant to a judgment of the Circuit Court for the City of Lynchburg, imposed on July 29, 1975, for larceny. The conviction resulted after a trial by jury in which the petitioner, represented by court appointed...

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