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SUPERINTENDENT, ETC. v. BARNES

Record No. 791626.

273 S.E.2d 558 (1981)

SUPERINTENDENT OF THE POWHATAN CORRECTIONAL CENTER v. Gene Raymond BARNES.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 16, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Anderson, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Marshall Coleman, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellant.

Rodney G. Goggin, Stafford (Moncure & Goggin, Stafford, on brief), for appellee.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON and THOMPSON, JJ.

POFF, Justice.

The Superintendent of the Powhatan Correctional Center appeals from an order entered August 6, 1979 granting a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by Gene Raymond Barnes.

Barnes's incarceration resulted from a jury conviction of statutory burglary in May, 1977. An attorney was appointed to represent him on the charge, but Barnes announced that he intended to represent himself. The trial judge directed the attorney to make himself available...

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