Nathan Thomas v. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · Decided 1963-01-08

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SOBELOFF, Chief Judge. A state prisoner here seeks release on habeas corpus, claiming that he was placed on trial in the Virginia courts despite an uncontroverted showing that he was insane. The District Court dismissed the petition without a hearing but granted a certificate of probable cause for this appeal, “being of the opinion…

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