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FREEMAN v. PEYTON

148 S.E.2d 795 (1966)

207 Va. 194

Jessie James FREEMAN v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 13, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Gray, Hampton, for plaintiff in error.

Reno S. Harp, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, SNEAD, I'ANSON, CARRICO and GORDON, JJ.

GORDON, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order entered August 10, 1964 denying Freeman's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Freeman asks us to reverse the order because (1) he did not have a preliminary hearing on all the felony charges against him, and (2) the court failed to give him a full and complete hearing on his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm the order for the reasons to be set forth after a brief statement of the facts and proceedings...

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