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MEEKINS v. PEYTON

155 S.E.2d 52 (1967)

208 Va. 114

Charles James MEEKINS v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 12, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William King Mapp, Keller (Mapp & Mapp, Keller, 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, SNEAD, I'ANSON, CARRICO and GORDAN, JJ.

SNEAD, Justice.

Charles James Meekins, petitioner, appealed from an order of the Circuit Court of Accomack County wherein his petition for a writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum filed against C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, respondent, was denied and dismissed.

At the time Meekins filed his petition, he was being detained by respondent pursuant to a judgment order of the Circuit Court of Accomack County entered October...

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