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BROWN v. WARDEN OF VA. ST. PENITENTIARY

Record No. 881248.

385 S.E.2d 587 (1989)

Willie A. BROWN v. WARDEN OF the VIRGINIA STATE PENITENTIARY.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 10, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Boone (Boone, Beale, Carpenter & Cosby, on brief), for petitioner.

Thomas C. Daniel, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., on brief), for respondent.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., and COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL, THOMAS, WHITING and LACY, JJ.

ORIGINAL PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

STEPHENSON, Justice.

In Dodson v. Director, Dept. of Corrections, 233 Va. 303, 355 S.E.2d 573 (1987), we held that an indigent accused has a statutory right to counsel in an appeal to this Court from the Court of Appeals. However, we were not required to determine the extent of counsel's duty to prosecute an appeal that counsel finds frivolous. In this habeas...

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