Legal Opinion
Cunningham v. Hayes
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 20, 1964No. Record 5674PublishedCited by 16 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtSnead, J.
This appeal resulted from the entry of an order, upon a writ of habeas corpus issued, directing W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, to release from his custody Carl Hayes, who is being detained on a judgment order of the Circuit Court of Mecklenburg County entered October 29, 1957, whereby Hayes was sentenced to life imprisonment on a conviction of murder in the first degree.
On May 17, 1962, Hayes filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Hustings Court of the City of Richmond, Part II, wherein he asserted that his detention was illegal. He…
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