Legal Opinion
Davis v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 2, 2007No. Record 070376PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY Justice BARBARA MILANO KEENAN.
In this appeal, a petitioner challenges a circuit court's judgment dismissing with prejudice his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The primary issue we consider is whether the circuit court abused its discretion in denying the petitioner's request to dismiss his claims without prejudice, pursuant to Bowman v. Washington, 269 Va. 1 , 605 S.E.2d 585 (2004), when petitioner was awarded a belated appeal of his criminal convictions to the Court of Appeals.
In 2004, Rodney C. Davis pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court of Fairfax County to two counts of…
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