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BROOKS v. PEYTON

171 S.E.2d 243 (1969)

210 Va. 318

David Leon BROOKS v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent, etc.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

December 1, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. S. Colby, Alexandria (Colby & Bowles, Alexandria, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Edward J. White, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen., Reno S. Harp, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and I'ANSON, CARRICO, GORDON, HARRISON, COCHRAN, and HARMAN, JJ.

I'ANSON, Justice.

Petitioner, David Leon Brooks, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, supplemented by a bill of particulars, against the respondent, C. C. Peyton, Superintendent, Etc., alleging that by failure of the Commonwealth to timely prosecute him on an indictment charging larceny he had been denied a speedy trial in violation of the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, § 8 of the...

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