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PEYTON v. FRENCH

147 S.E.2d 739 (1966)

207 Va. 73

C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent, etc. v. Leonard FRENCH.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

April 25, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Louis Koutoulakos, Arlington, for defendant in error.

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

I'ANSON, Justice.

This is an appeal by C. C. Peyton, superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, from an order entered in a habeas corpus proceeding declaring void the sentences under which Leonard French, the petitioner was being held in the penitentiary and ordering petitioner's release from such confinement and remanding him to the proper jail authorities for further proceedings by the Commonwealth if it be so...

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