MORRIS v. SMITH

Record No. 810706.

286 S.E.2d 151 (1982)

Edward C. MORRIS, Warden v. Leroy SMITH, Jr.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 22, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Bagwell, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Marshall Coleman, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellant.

Gerald T. Zerkin, Richmond, for appellee.

Before CARRICO, C. J., COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, THOMPSON and STEPHENSON, JJ., and HARRISON, Retired Justice.


PER CURIAM.

Appealing from the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus, Edward C. Morris, Warden of Mecklenburg Correctional Center, challenges the good-time credit the trial court awarded Leroy Smith, Jr.

On November 18, 1976, Smith was convicted of possession of an illegal weapon and unlawful wounding, offenses committed while he was a prisoner, and a total of three years was added to the sentence he was serving. At that time, Code § 53-213, which authorized...

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