Hobson v. Youell
Supreme Court of Virginia
1Opinion of the CourtHudgins, J.
*910Petitioner, Robert Hobson, filed in this court an original petition praying for a writ of habeas corpus and alleging that, on Ms plea of guilty to an indictment for murder, he was convicted by the Circuit Court of Halifax county and sentenced to fifty years in the penitentiary.* He attacks the validity of the judgment on four grounds, to-wit: (1) That on his plea of guilty the court had no power to convict him of murder in the first degree; (2) that his plea of guilty limited the power of the court to impose the punishment prescribed for murder in the second degree; (3) that the judgment is…
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2Cases cited24 opinions
- Ex Parte TerrySupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Ex Parte Tobias WatkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1830
- Davis v. BeasonSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Ex Parte ParksSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Ex Parte KearneySupreme Court of the United States · 1822
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3Cited by37 opinions
- United States v. LucasUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1951
- Peyton v. KingSupreme Court of Virginia · 1969
- State v. VaszorichSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1953
- McClain v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1949
- Crutchfield v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1948
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