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LASTER v. RUSSELL

Record No. 121282.

743 S.E.2d 272 (2013)

286 Va. 17

Derrick Edward LASTER v. Bobby D. RUSSELL, Superintendent of Western Virginia Regional Jail.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 6, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Grove , Richmond, for appellant.

Rosemary V. Bourne , Assistant Attorney General ( Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II , Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

Opinion by Justice DONALD W. LEMONS.

In this appeal we consider whether the Circuit Court of the City of Salem ("circuit court") erred when it denied Derrick Edward Laster's petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

I. Facts and Proceedings

Derrick Edward Laster ("Laster") was tried and convicted of animate object sexual penetration on April 29, 2010, in a bench trial in the circuit court, Judge Robert P. Doherty, Jr. ("Judge Doherty") presiding.

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