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PEYTON v. ALEXANDER

155 S.E.2d 343 (1967)

208 Va. 129

C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary v. Joel ALEXANDER.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 12, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Albert Teich, Jr., Norfolk, for defendant in error.

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

SNEAD, Justice.

Joel Alexander, defendant in error, filed in the Corporation Court of the City of Norfolk a petition for a writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum in which he alleged that he was being unlawfully detained by C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary. In his petition Alexander alleged, among other things, that he was denied due process of law because he was not afforded effective assistance by his court-appointed counsel when...

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