Smyth v. Morrison
Supreme Court of Virginia
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtSpratley, J.
This writ of error was awarded W. Frank Smyth, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, to review a judgment of the lower court ordering the release of Harry Morrison, hereinafter referred to as petitioner, from custody of Superintendent Smyth.
We are first met by a motion to dismiss the writ of error on the ground that appellant failed to include in the record evidence showing that the petitioner was deprived of the right of counsel upon his several trials hereinafter mentioned. The order of the Circuit Court of Hanover County, dated September 17, 1957, the order appealed from,…
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