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Chewning v. Smyth, Penitentiary Superintendent
365 U.S. 832·Supreme Court of the United States·1961
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Opinion
No. 276,
Misc.
Chewning v. Smyth, Penitentiary Superintendent.
Petitioner pro se.
Reno S. Harp III, Assistant Attorney General of Virginia, for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Motion to substitute W. K. Cunningham, Jr. in place of W. Frank Smyth, Jr. as the party respondent granted. Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia granted. Case transferred to the appellate docket.