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WHITLOCK v. SUPERINTENDENT OF VIRGINIA STATE PEN.

192 S.E.2d 802 (1972)

213 Va. 429

Richard Clifton WHITLOCK, Jr. v. SUPERINTENDENT OF the VIRGINIA STATE PENITENTIARY.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 27, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judson T. Vaughan, Jr., Ashland, for plaintiff in error.

James E. Kulp, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

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

COCHRAN, Justice.

Richard Clifton Whitlock, Jr., appeals from the judgment order entered July 27, 1971, denying and dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The question for our determination is whether Whitlock was denied his right to a speedy trial guaranteed under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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