Nelson v. Warden of the Keen Mountain Correctional Center

This case involves a “Baker claim,” i.e., one arising from this Court’s decision in Commonwealth v. Baker, 258 Va. 1, 516 S.E.2d 219 (1999) (per curiam), aff’g Baker v. Commonwealth, 28 Va. App. 306, 504 S.E.2d 394 (1998) (failure to notify juvenile’s parents of proceedings in juvenile court renders void subsequent criminal convictions in circuit court).1 The present claim is asserted in an original petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in this Court by Robert Nelson, Jr. (Nelson), against the Warden of the Keen Mountain Correctional Center (the Warden).

According to the allegations of…