Council v. Smyth
Supreme Court of Virginia
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtI'Anson, J.
On May 20, 1955, Raymond Thomas Council, hereinafter referred to as the petitioner, filed a petition in the Hustings Court of the City of Richmond, Part II, praying for a writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum, and alleging that he is illegally restrained and imprisoned by W. Frank Smyth, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary by reason of a void and illegal judgment of conviction entered on a verdict of a jury finding him guilty of rape in the Circuit Court of Princess Anne County, Virginia, on April 24, 1951. The writ was issued and made returnable to July 22, 1955. A hearing upon…
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