Legal Opinion
Bowman v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 4, 2011No. 102471Published
1Opinion of the Court
718 S.E.2d 456 (2011)
282 Va. 359
Calvin Lamont BOWMAN, Sr.
v.
Gene M. JOHNSON, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections.
Record No. 102471.
Supreme Court of Virginia.
November 4, 2011.
Marvin D. Miller, Alexandria, for appellant.
Susan M. Harris, Assistant Attorney General (Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.
Present: All the Justices.
Opinion By Justice DONALD W. LEMONS.
In this appeal, we consider whether the Circuit Court of Fairfax County erred in denying a writ of habeas corpus to Calvin Lamont Bowman ("Bowman").
I. Facts and Proceedings Below
A. Procedural…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Slayton v. ParriganSupreme Court of Virginia · 1974
- Lenz v. Warden of the Sussex I State PrisonSupreme Court of Virginia · 2004
- Williams v. Warden of Mecklenburg Correctional CenterSupreme Court of Virginia · 1997
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