Walker v. Smyth

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

Argued March 12, 1951. Decided March 31, 1951.

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1951-03-31

2 counsel of record

Relies on Gryger v. Burke · Hugo V. Loewi, Inc. v. Smith

Opinion by Per Curiam · Decided 1951-03-31

William Alfred Walker, pro se.

Thomas M. Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Virginia (J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Atty. Gen. of Virginia, on brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

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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

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Affirmed.