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BLAIR v. PEYTON

171 S.E.2d 690 (1970)

Walter W. BLAIR v. C. C. PEYTON, Supt., etc.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 19, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard B. Sachs, Norfolk, for plaintiff in error.

Gerald L. Baliles, 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.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a final order dismissing a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by Walter W. Blair, the petitioner, against C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary. James D. Cox, the present superintendent of the penitentiary, has been substituted in place of C. C. Peyton as respondent.

In his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the petitioner attacked the validity of two convictions of armed robbery entered...

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