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GRIFFIN v. CUNNINGHAM

136 S.E.2d 840 (1964)

205 Va. 349

Leon S. GRIFFIN v. W. K. CUNNINGHAM, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 15, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evans B. Brasfield, Richmond, 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.

SPRATLEY, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Hanover county, wherein a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by Leon S. Griffin, sometimes called the petitioner, against W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, sometimes referred to as respondent, was denied and dismissed.

Five trials in the Circuit Court of Hanover county are involved. No evidence produced in any of those trials has...

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