Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit December 18, 1972, 72-1990 (Roy Wilson v. A. E. Slayton, Jr., Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary)

PER CURIAM:

Wilson, a Virginia prisoner, attacks the constitutionality of his Virginia recidivist conviction under Va.Code § 53-296. More specifically he argues that the Virginia Recidivist Statute violates such constitutional principles as double jeopardy, due process and equal protection of the law.

Recidivist statutes are a perfectly legitimate subject of legislative regulation, Spencer v.