1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. S.E.2d
  4. 135 S.E.2d
  5. 135 S.E.2d 823 (1964)
 

WHITLEY v. CUNNINGHAM

135 S.E.2d 823 (1964)

205 Va. 232

Frank WHITLEY v. W. K. CUNNINGHAM, Jr., Superintendent, etc.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

April 27, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Mattox, Portsmouth (Lowell K. Clarke, Moody, Mattox, Atkinson & Young, Portsmouth, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Reno S. Harp, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, WHITTLE, SNEAD, I'ANSON and CARRICO, JJ.

BUCHANAN, Justice.

Frank Whitley, a prisoner in the State penitentiary, filed in the court below on July 9, 1962, his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he had been convicted and sentenced in violation of his constitutional rights. Thereupon, on July 13, 1962, the court entered a show cause order to the Superintendent and appointed Richard H. Mattox, a practicing attorney, to represent the petitioner. The Superintendent filed his answer and on October...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases