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GROOMS v. MITCHELL

Civ. A. No. 80-0562-R.

500 F.Supp. 137 (1980)

William GROOMS, Petitioner, v. J. P. MITCHELL, Superintendent, Respondent.

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

October 17, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Morchower, Morchower & Associates, Richmond, Va., for petitioner.

Jerry P. Slonaker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM

MERHIGE, District Judge.

William Grooms, an inmate in the Virginia Correctional system, petitions the Court for a writ of habeas corpus, challenging his conviction in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond on a charge of rape, for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment, and a charge of burglary, for which he was sentenced to a term of fifteen years. Petitioner contends that he is detained in violation of the Constitution in that he allegedly...

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