OPINION BY Chief Justice LEROY R. HASSELL, SR.
I.
The primary issue that we consider in this habeas corpus proceeding invoking this Court's original jurisdiction is whether petitioner, who was committed to an institution pursuant to Virginia's Sexually Violent Predators Act, is entitled to effective assistance of counsel during the appeal of the civil commitment judgment.
II.
Jim Murrow Jenkins, petitioner, was convicted in the Accomack...
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