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DURHAM v. BLANKENSHIP

Civ. A. No. 77-0111-A.

461 F.Supp. 492 (1978)

Luther DURHAM, Jr., Petitioner, v. W. D. BLANKENSHIP, Supt., Respondent.

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

November 3, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark M. Lawson, White, Elliott & Bundy, Bristol, Va., for petitioner.

Linwood T. Wells, Asst. Atty. Gen., Commonwealth of Virginia, Richmond, Va., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

WILLIAMS, District Judge.

Petitioner Luther Durham, Jr., an inmate at Bland Correctional Center, challenges the constitutionality of his incarceration by bringing this 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus against respondent W. D. Blankenship, Superintendent at Bland. Petitioner, on the grounds that his constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel was denied, challenges the validity of his conviction...

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