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HANCOCK v. COX

183 S.E.2d 149 (1971)

212 Va. 215

John S. HANCOCK v. James D. COX, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, Otis L. Brown, Director of the Department of Welfare and Institutions, Substituted Respondent.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 1, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew N. Ott, Jr., Richmond (Mays, Valentine, Davenport & Moore, Richmond, on the brief), for petitioner.

C. Tabor Cronk, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

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

HARRISON, Justice.

Invoking the original jurisdiction of this court, the petitioner, John S. Hancock, seeks a writ of habeas corpus directing his release from custody pursuant to an order of commitment entered on November 9, 1970 by the County Court of Wythe County.1

While petitioner assigns several grounds as a basis for his petition, we need only consider his contention that Code ...

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