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SAUNDERS v. REYNOLDS

204 S.E.2d 421 (1974)

John W. SAUNDERS v. G. A. REYNOLDS, Director Correctional Field Unit No. 9.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 22, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JeRoyd W. Greene, Jr., Richmond (Robert P. Geary, Greene & Poindexter, Inc., Richmond, on brief), for petitioner.

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

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

SNEAD, Chief Justice.

On June 14, 1972, petitioner, John W. Saunders, was convicted by the Circuit Court of Henrico County of distributing a controlled drug and was sentenced to serve fifteen years in the State Penitentiary with eight years suspended. He filed a petition for a writ of error, which was refused by this court on February 5, 1973. Thereafter, he filed in this court his original petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Because of the importance of the issues...

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