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MILES v. SHERIFF

Record No. 021718.

381 S.E.2d 191 (2003)

266 Va. 110

Jamie Lamont MILES v. SHERIFF of The Virginia Beach City Jail.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 6, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Haden for appellant.

Kathleen B. Martin, Assistant Attorney General (Jerry W. Kilgore, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

Opinion by Justice CYNTHIA D. KINSER.

This case is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court dismissing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by Jamie Lamont Miles. In the petition, Miles asserted ineffective assistance of counsel because his trial counsel failed to perfect an appeal to the Court of Appeals of Virginia. Although Miles pled guilty to the charges, we conclude that his trial counsel's failure to file an appeal after having been instructed...

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