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    This document is a court case summary from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The court affirmed the lower court's denial of a writ of habeas corpus for William Alfred Walker, who was sentenced under Virginia's habitual offender law to 15 years in prison. The Supreme Court's previous decision in Gryger v. Burke fully answered all the legal questions raised in Walker's appeal. Therefore, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the order denying the writ of habeas corpus.

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    Filed: 1951-03-31 Precedential Status: Precedential Citations: 188 F.2d 160 Docket: 6232_1

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    William Alfred Walker v. W. Frank Smyth, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, 188 F.2d 160, 4th Cir. (1951)

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    This document is a court case summary from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The court affirmed the lower court's denial of a writ of habeas corpus for William Alfred Walker, who was sentenced under Virginia's habitual offender law to 15 years in prison. The Supreme Court's previous decision in Gryger v. Burke fully answered all the legal questions raised in Walker's appeal. Therefore, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the order denying the writ of habeas corpus.

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    William Alfred Walker v. W. Frank Smyth, JR., Superintendent of The Virginia State Penitentiary, 188 F.2d 160, 4th Cir. (1951)

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    188 F.

    2d 160

    William Alfred WALKER, Appellant,


    v.
    W. Frank SMYTH, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State
    Penitentiary, Appellee.
    No. 6232.

    United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.


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

    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.

    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

    Affirmed.

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