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ESCAMILLA v. SUPERINTENDENT

Record No. 141121.

777 S.E.2d 864 (2015)

Felipe Melendez ESCAMILLA v. SUPERINTENDENT, Rappahannock Regional Jail.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 29, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan P. Sheldon (Sheldon, Flood & Haywood, on briefs), Alexandria, for appellant.

John C. Johnson (Frith Anderson & Peake, on brief), Roanoke, for appellee.

PRESENT: All the Justices.

In this appeal, we consider whether a Virginia circuit court has jurisdiction to provide habeas corpus relief to a petitioner being detained by federal authorities because of immigration issues arising as a consequence of a state conviction after the sentence for the state conviction has expired.

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