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HAWKS v. COX

175 S.E.2d 271 (1970)

211 Va. 91

Chester Albert HAWKS v. James D. COX, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 15, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Davis, Richmond, for petitioner.

Gerald L. Baliles, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., on the brief), for respondent.

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

COCHRAN, Justice.

Petitioner, Chester Albert Hawks, was convicted of murder in the first degree in the Circuit Court of Carroll County on January 6, 1959. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary, where he is now confined. No appeal was taken but Hawks has been busily engaged in filing habeas corpus petitions in state and federal courts challenging his detention.

Hawks filed his present petition for a writ of habeas corpus in forma...

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