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MORRIS v. SUPERINTENDENT OF VIRGINIA STATE PENITENTIARY

187 S.E.2d 200 (1972)

212 Va. 656

Richard Gordon MORRIS v. SUPERINTENDENT OF the VIRGINIA STATE PENITENTIARY.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 6, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Young, Jr., Richmond (Charles R. Haugh, Gordon & Haugh, Charlottesville, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Gilbert W. Haith, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

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

PER CURIAM.

Petitioner filed his petition for a writ of habeas corpus on August 14, 1968 in the Corporation Court of the City of Charlottesville, alleging that he was being illegally detained by respondent, J. D. Cox, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary. From an order entered July 22, 1970 denying the writ we granted petitioner a writ of error.

The record shows that petitioner was convicted in the...

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