STEPHENSON, Senior Justice.
The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether, in the circumstances of this case, the trial court had jurisdiction to grant a writ of habeas corpus.
Since April 1980, Trance W. Wilkins has been detained by the Virginia Department of Corrections pursuant to multiple convictions, including attempted murder, robbery, and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. He is serving a total sentence of 143 years.
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