Legal Opinion
Williams v. Warden of Mecklenburg Correctional Center
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 6, 1997No. Record 960534PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Compton
This is the first habeas corpus petition filed by a prisoner held under a sentence of death that we have addressed in a published opinion since the applicable statute was amended effective July 1, 1995. See Acts 1995, ch. 503.
The 1995 amendment to Code § 8.01-654 added subsection (C). It provides that this Court shall have “exclusive jurisdiction” to consider and award writs of habeas corpus with respect to any such petition filed by a convict held under a death sentence. § 8.01-654(C)(1). The amendment further provides that the circuit court “which entered the judgment order setting the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Lockhart v. FretwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Kimmelman v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Williams v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1987
- Stenrich Group v. JemmottSupreme Court of Virginia · 1996
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Francis S. v. StoneCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
- Grant v. RoyalCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2018
- Williams v. AllenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2008
- James Edward Reid v. Page True, Warden, Sussex I State Prison, James Edward Reid v. Page True, Warden, Sussex I State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2003
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