ROBINSON v. SMYTH

Record No. 3674.

58 S.E.2d 4 (1950)

190 Va. 724

ROBINSON v. SMYTH, Superintendent of State Penitentiary.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 13, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. A. Hall, Jr., for Richmond, for plaintiff in error.

Attorney General J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Special Assistant Frederick T. Gray, for Commonwealth.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and GREORY, EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BCHANAN, STAPLES, and MILLER, JJ.


GREGORY, Justice.

The petitioner claims to be aggrieved by a final judgment of the trial court rendered on July 6, 1949, discharging a writ of habeas corpus previously granted by this court and made returnable to the trial court. The petitioner was remanded to the custody of the superintendent of the Virginia State penitentiary.

The petitioner was last sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary in the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond under Code...

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