Legal Opinion
Dodson v. Director of the Department of Corrections
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 24, 1987No. Record No. 860252PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStephenson, J.
In this original jurisdiction habeas corpus proceeding, the principal issues are whether (1) an indigent criminal defendant has a right to appointed counsel on an appeal to this Court, and (2) a summary dismissal of a prior habeas corpus petition bars consideration of a subsequent petition.
Melvin C. Dodson, the petitioner, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Stafford County of (1) damaging the Stafford County *305jail for the purpose of escaping or rendering the jail less secure as a place of confinement in violation of Code § 53.1-203(2), (2) possessing an instrument for the purpose of…
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