GREGORY v. PEYTON


156 S.E.2d 624 (1967)

208 Va. 157

William Clifton GREGORY v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 8, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Harcourt, Norfolk, 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 GORDON, JJ.


EGGLESTON, Chief Justice.

On May 4, 1965 William Clifton Gregory filed in the court below a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which was later amended, attacking the validity of a judgment entered by that court on January 17, 1964 sentencing him to life imprisonment for armed robbery. Counsel was appointed to prosecute the petition. Petitioner alleged, inter alia, that at the time of his conviction he was sixteen years of age; that his constitutional rights were...

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