Legal Opinion
McDorman v. Smyth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 26, 1948No. Record No. 3380PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpratley, J.
Daniel McDorman filed his petition on November 6, 1947, in the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond for a writ of habeas corpus, seeking his discharge from the custody of the respondent, W. Frank Smyth, Jr., Superin*524tendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, on the ground that his detention by the respondent was illegal, void, and without due legal process. From an order of that court refusing to grant him a discharge, this writ of error was awarded.
The record discloses that the petitioner has been convicted six times in the courts of this State as follows:(1) On November 10, 1926, in the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- McNally v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Clark v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1923
- Myers v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1922
- Butler v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1885
- Commonwealth v. BeaversSupreme Court of Virginia · 1928
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- Landreth v. GladdenOregon Supreme Court · 1958
- United States of America Ex Rel. Oliver S. Smith v. J. Vernal Jackson, Warden of Clinton PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
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