Legal Opinion
Hoffler v. Peyton
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 9, 1966No. Record 6205, 6206PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEggleston, C. J.
Hubert Hoffler and Ruben Pierce filed petitions for writs of habeas corpus, claiming that their judgments of conviction of robbery in the Circuit Court of the city of Suffolk on April 15, 1963 were void because of ineffective representation by counsel. The cases were heard together and writs were denied. We granted a writ of error in each case and they are before us on a single printed record.
In a profession of neglect and mismanagement in the preparation for and trial of the criminal cases, unique in the administration of justice in this State, counsel who represented the defendants in those…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Charles Robert O'Malley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1961
- Jesse Root v. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
- United States of America Ex Rel. Francis Henry Bloeth, Relator-Appellant v. Wilfred Denno, as Warden of Sing Sing State Prison, Ossining, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- John Lewis Snead v. W. Frank Smyth, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Stokes v. Warden, Powhatan Correctional CenterSupreme Court of Virginia · 1983
- Brennan v. BlankenshipDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1979
- Russell v. PeytonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1966
- Slayton v. WeinbergerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1973
- Jennings v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1973
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