Legal Opinion
Howard v. Warden of the Buckingham Correctional Center
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 5, 1986No. Record No. 850751PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarrico, C.J.
*17This is an original petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by Ronald Leroy Howard against the Warden of the Buckingham Correctional Center. The dispositive question in the case is whether habeas corpus lies to correct errors of counsel allegedly committed in a prior habeas proceeding.
Howard is being detained pursuant to judgments rendered by the Circuit Court of Arlington County on December 8, 1982, sentencing him to serve a total of 18 years in the penitentiary upon his conviction of two counts of robbery and two counts of using a firearm in the commission of robbery. Following his…
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