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VIA v. PEYTON

158 S.E.2d 127 (1967)

208 Va. 387

Fred Douglas VIA v. C. C. PEYTON, Supt., etc.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

December 4, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin P. Kushner, Danville, 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 BUCHANAN, SNEAD, I'ANSON and GORDON, JJ.

SNEAD, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Corporation Court of Danville, wherein a petition for a writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum filed by Fred Douglas Via, petitioner, against C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, respondent, was denied.

The petitioner was being detained by respondent pursuant to judgment orders of that court entered March 21 and 27, 1964, whereby he was sentenced to serve a term of twenty...

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