William Alfred Walker v. W. Frank Smyth, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary

Fourth Circuit

William Alfred Walker v. W. Frank Smyth, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary

188 F.2d 160, 1951 U.S. App. LEXIS 2980

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit·Decided March 31, 1951·No. 6232_1·Published

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PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order denying an application for a writ of habeas corpus. Pursuant to section 53-296, Code of Virginia, appellant was sentenced to a term of fifteen years by the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond as a repeating offender. All questions raised on appeal are fully answered by the decision of the Supreme Court in Gryger v. Burke, 334 U.S. 728, 68 S.Ct. 1256, 92 L.Ed. 1683; and on the authority of that decision, the order appealed from will be

Affirmed.

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PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order denying an application for a writ of habeas corpus. Pursuant to section 53-296, Code of Virginia, appellant was sentenced to a term of fifteen years by the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond as a repeating offender. All questions raised on appeal are fully answered by the decision of the Supreme Court in Gryger v. Burke, 334 U.S. 728, 68 S.Ct. 1256, 92 L.Ed. 1683; and on the authority of that decision, the order appealed from will be

Affirmed.

William Alfred Walker v. W. Frank Smyth, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, 188 F.2d 160, 1951 U.S. App. LEXIS 2980 (4th Cir. 1951).

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