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Carroll v. Johnson

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Current status: FILED
As of: Nov 5, 2009
Source: SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA · DOCKET 082566 ↗

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082566 Carroll v. Johnson 11/05/2009 Code § 8.01-654 extends the availability of the writ of habeas corpus to prisoners who claim they are "detained without lawful authority," and does not limit the availability of the writ to situations in which a ruling in the petitioner's favor will result in his or her immediate release. The statute allows a petitioner to challenge the lawfulness of the entire duration of his or her detention so long as an order entered in the petitioner's favor will result…

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