Bullock v. Netherland

By Judge Walter W. Stout, in

In this action, Samuel Gray Bullock filed a petition for a writ of Habeas Corpus on July 18, 1994. This petition contests the legality of his convictions for two indictments of malicious wounding tried before a jury on February 24 and 25, 1992. Subsequent appeals by the defendant were denied by the Virginia Court of Appeals on February 17, 1993, and by the Virginia Supreme Court on August 13, 1993. Bullock was sentenced to fifteen years with five years suspended, which he is currently serving.

The incident that resulted in Bullock’s convictions took place on August…