Legal Opinion
Peyton v. French
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 25, 1966No. Record 6167PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtI’Anson, J.
This is an appeal by C. C. Peyton, superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, from an order entered in a habeas corpus proceeding declaring void the sentences under which Leonard French, the petitioner, was being held in the penitentiary and ordering petitioner’s release from such confinement and remanding him to the proper jail authorities for further proceedings by the Commonwealth if it be so advised.
On December 6, 1963, French filed an original petition for a writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum in this Court, attacking certain judgments of conviction in the Circuit Court of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Tilton v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1955
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3Cited by65 opinions
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