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DODSON v. DIR. OF DEPT. OF CORR.

Record No. 860252.

355 S.E.2d 573 (1987)

Melvin C. DODSON v. DIRECTOR OF the DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 24, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Scott Pugh (Sokol & Ledbetter, Fredericksburg, on briefs), for petitioner.

Katherine B. Toone, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., on briefs), for respondent.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., and COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL and THOMAS, JJ.

STEPHENSON, Justice.

In this original jurisdiction habeas corpus proceeding, the principal issues are whether (1) an indigent criminal defendant has a right to appointed counsel on an appeal to this Court, and (2) a summary dismissal of a prior habeas corpus petition bars consideration of a subsequent petition.

Melvin C. Dodson, the petitioner, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Stafford County of (1) damaging the Stafford County jail for the purpose of...

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