Stephen James Hood petitioned this Court seeking a writ of actual innocence under Chapter 19.3 of Title 19.2 of the Code of Virginia. In 2002, Hood was convicted in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond of being an accessory after the fact to abduction and first-degree murder as a principal in the second degree. Hood's convictions, however, were vacated by the circuit court following a successful petition for a writ of habeas corpus based on a claim of ineffective assistance...
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