Legal Opinion
Herman Mathew via v. Superintendent, Powhatan Correctional Center
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 26, 1981No. 79-6550PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:
The Superintendent of a Virginia prison appeals from a judgment of the district court granting Herman Via a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that his plea of guilty to five drug charges in state court is invalid because he was denied effective assistance of counsel. We affirm.
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The record of the state trial proceedings discloses that on March 28, 1977, the grand jury returned three indictments charging Via with the sale of marijuana and one indictment charging the sale of LSD. Via was released on bail on April 1, and trial on the LSD charge was set for Máy 20, 1977.
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