WILLOUGHBY v. SMYTH


72 S.E.2d 636 (1952)

194 Va. 267

WILLOUGHBY v. SMYTH, Superintendent of State Penitentiary.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

October 13, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Atty. Gen., Thomas M. Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen, for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, SMITH, and WHITTLE, JJ.


SPRATLEY, Justice.

This case comes to us for review of a judgment directing dismissal of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

James Willoughby, petitioner, was convicted and remanded to the custody of the respondent, W. Frank Smyth, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, for service of three sentences imposed upon him by the Corporation Court of City of Norfolk, Part Two, as follows: On...

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