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LAWRENCE v. PEYTON

166 S.E.2d 277 (1969)

209 Va. 610

Douglas Perry LAWRENCE v. C. C. PEYTON, Supt., etc.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 10, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Leigh Ansell, Virginia Beach, (Ansell, Butler & Canada, Virginia Beach, on the brief), for plaintiff in error.

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

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

SNEAD, Justice.

Douglas Perry Lawrence, petitioner, appeals from an order entered on March 7, 1967, wherein his petition for a writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum was denied, dismissed and the writ discharged after a plenary hearing. He contends here that the trial court erred in dismissing the writ because (1) he was not afforded effective representation by his court-appointed attorney when he was tried and convicted for armed robbery, and (2) he was denied...

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