District Court, W.D. Virginia July 19, 1968, Civ. A. No. 68-C-18-D (Gunter v. Peyton)

OPINION AND JUDGMENT

DALTON, Chief Judge.■

This case comes before the court upon a writ of habeas corpus filed in forma pauperis by Johnny Wesley Gunter, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241.

Petitioner is currently serving a term of five years in the Virginia State Penitentiary, pursuant to a conviction of grand larceny by the Corporation Court of the City of Danville on January 26, 1967.