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HOWARD v. WARDEN OF BUCKINGHAM

Record No. 850751.

348 S.E.2d 211 (1986)

Ronald Leroy HOWARD v. WARDEN Of the BUCKINGHAM CORRECTIONAL CENTER.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 5, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward D. Barnes (Englisby, Barnes & Allen, Chesterfield, on brief), for petitioner.

Frank S. Ferguson, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., on brief), for respondent.

Present: All the Justices.

CARRICO, Chief Justice.

UPON AN ORIGINAL PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

This is an original petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by Ronald Leroy Howard against the Warden of the Buckingham Correctional Center. The dispositive question in the case is whether habeas corpus lies to correct errors of counsel allegedly committed in a prior habeas proceeding.

Howard is being detained pursuant to judgments...

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