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SHIPWASH v. COLLINS

Civ. A. No. 78-0206-A.

475 F.Supp. 1000 (1979)

Johnny Crockett SHIPWASH, Petitioner, v. J. E. COLLINS, Superintendent, Respondent.

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

August 30, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Bragg, William Rogers McCall, Bristol, Va., for petitioner.

Robert H. Herring, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

GLENN M. WILLIAMS, District Judge.

I

Johnny Crockett Shipwash comes before this court under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Mr. Shipwash was convicted of burglary on December 21, 1976, in the Circuit Court of Wythe County, Virginia. Sentence was set at five years in the state penitentiary. A writ of error to the Virginia Supreme Court was rejected on September 13, 1977. This federal action was commenced September 5, 1978, with oral arguments...

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