Smyth v. Midgett
Supreme Court of Virginia
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtHudgins, C. J.
On July 13, 1942, William G. Midgett, hereinafter designated petitioner, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Princess Anne County on eight indictments, six charged him with grand larceny and two with housebreaking. He was sentenced on each indictment to two years’ confinement in the penitentiary, the sentences to run consecutively, making his total period of confinement 16 years.
On March 20, 1956, petitioner filed a petition in the lower court for a writ of habeas corpus against W. Frank Smyth, Jr., Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, hereinafter designated respondent. It was alleged…
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