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STOKES v. WARDEN, POWHATAN CORR. CENTER

Record No. 821721.

306 S.E.2d 882 (1983)

Raymond Earl STOKES v. WARDEN, POWHATAN CORRECTIONAL CENTER.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 9, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher M. Malone, Richmond (Thompson & McMullan, Richmond, on briefs), for petitioner.

Thomas D. Bagwell, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Gerald L. Baliles, Atty. Gen., on brief), for respondent.

Before CARRICO, C.J., and COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, THOMPSON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL and THOMAS, JJ.

STEPHENSON, Justice.

Raymond Earl Stokes was convicted of first-degree murder in the Circuit Court of the City of Lynchburg and sentenced to life imprisonment. Invoking our original jurisdiction, Stokes has petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus. He alleges his trial counsel's ineffective assistance invalidates his conviction. Although Stokes contends his attorney was ineffective in failing to object to three jury instructions...

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