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PEYTON v. WILLIAMS

145 S.E.2d 147 (1965)

206 Va. 595

C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent, etc. v. Alphonso Russell WILLIAMS.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

November 29, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Hilary H. Jones, Jr., Norfolk, for defendant in error.

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

SPRATLEY, Justice.

On January 3, 1964, Alphonso Russell Williams, sometimes hereinafter referred to as petitioner, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus against C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, hereinafter referred to as respondent, in the Hustings Court of the City of Richmond. The petitioner alleged that he was being unlawfully detained by Peyton by virtue of sentences imposed upon him in the Corporation Court of the...

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