District Court, W.D. Virginia March 19, 1973, Civ. A. 72-C-146-A (Kibert v. Slayton)

OPINION

TURK, District Judge.

Petitioner, Lloyd Kibert, was convicted of two counts of first degree murder in the Circuit Court of Lee County, Virginia, on June 4,1959, and was sentenced to two concurrent life sentences. Hfe did not directly appeal these convictions, but on April 16, 1968, he did petition the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals for a writ of habeas corpus.