SHAIKH v. JOHNSON

Record No. 072097.

666 S.E.2d 325 (2008)

Ahmer SHAIKH v. Gene M. JOHNSON, Director, Department of Corrections.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 12, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Hargett (Hargett & Watson, Glenn Allen; on brief), for appellant.

Virginia B. Theisen, Senior Assistant Attorney General (Robert F. McDonnell, Attorney General; Benjamin H. Katz, Assistant Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: HASSELL, C.J., KEENAN, KOONTZ, KINSER, LEMONS, and AGEE, JJ., and RUSSELL, S.J.


OPINION BY Senior Justice CHARLES S. RUSSELL.

This appeal from an order dismissing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus presents two issues questioning whether the petitioner was denied his right to the effective assistance of counsel. First, the petitioner contends that his trial counsel failed in his duty to make a draft jury instruction, rejected by the trial court, a part of the record for the purpose of appeal. Petitioner's second contention is that his counsel...

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