Legal Opinion
Cabaniss v. Cunningham
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 10, 1965No. Record 6005PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpratley, J.
This is an appeal by Robert Edward Cabaniss from an order of the Circuit Court of Prince George County, entered on December 6, 1963, denying and dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, by which he sought release from a sentence of ten years imposed by the Circuit Court of Prince George County on January 7, 1963 (Holladay, J., presiding) for rape.
Cabaniss filed his habeas corpus petition pro se, which was prepared by a fellow inmate of the Virginia State Penitentiary. He alleged that upon his conviction, he informed the court that he desired to appeal, and requested a transcript…
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