Hudson v. Youell

My views of the principles applicable to this case are set forth at some length in the majority opinion announced on November 24, 1941, and reported in 178 Va. 525, 17 S. E. (2d) 403.

As I understand the record, the question is not “whether under the laws of Virginia the judgment imposing a sentence of twenty-one years was a valid one,” as stated in the now majority opinion, but whether one judgment entry imposing five separate and distinct terms of imprisonment without indicating the order of succession is sufficient to deprive the prisoner of his liberty after he has served the longest of…