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GRACE v. PEYTON

152 S.E.2d 292 (1967)

207 Va. 688

Kearney P. GRACE v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 16, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Judson Fox, Richmond, for petitioner.

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

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

SPRATLEY, Justice.

Kearney P. Grace, a convict in the Virginia State Penitentiary, invoking the original jurisdiction of this Court, filed herein his habeas corpus petition pro se on April 24, 1965. He alleged a long series of arrests, convictions, and sentences to terms in the penitentiary; that the records kept by C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, the respondent, were "so confused that he (Grace) does not know for sure...

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