Newsom v. Smyth

365 U.S. 604 (1961)

NEWSOM

v.

SMYTH, SUPERINTENDENT, VIRGINIA STATE PENITENTIARY.

No. 116.

Supreme Court of United States.

Argued January 16-17, 1961.

Decided March 27, 1961.

CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA.

Armistead L. Boothe, acting under appointment by the Court, 363 U. S. 833, argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Reno S. Harp III, Assistant Attorney General of Virginia, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was A. S. Harrison, Jr., Attorney General.

A writ of certiorari to review the judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeals of the Commonwealth…