Legal Opinion

Carroll v. Johnson

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided November 5, 2009No. 082566PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

685 S.E.2d 647 (2009)

278 Va. 683

John Jay CARROLL

v.

Gene M. JOHNSON, Director of the Department of Corrections.

Record No. 082566.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 5, 2009.

David B. Hargett, Glen Allen, for appellant.

Mark R. Davis, Senior Assistant Attorney General (William C. Mims, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: KEENAN, KOONTZ, KINSER, LEMONS, GOODWYN, and MILLETTE, JJ., and Lacy, S.J.

OPINION BY Justice LEROY F. MILLETTE, JR.

This appeal from an order dismissing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus presents two issues. First, whether a circuit court has jurisdiction over a…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Peyton v. RoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. McNally v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  4. Williams v. Com.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2009
  5. United States v. Richard T. FordCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977

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3Cited by26 opinions

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