PER CURIAM.
A Virginia recidivist filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in which he challenges the legality of his first and fourth convictions.
As to his first conviction in 1938, he first contends he was tried and acquitted by a jury, but, nevertheless, was sentenced to prison by the court upon a plea of guilty entered after he had been misled into the belief he was pleading to a reduced charge of a misdemeanor. A verdict of a jury finding "the defendant...
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