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§ 17.1-310 Habeas corpus, appeals, writs of error and supersedeas

The Supreme Court shall also have jurisdiction to award writs of habeas corpus and of such appeals, writs of error and supersedeas as may be legally docketed in or transferred to the Court.

History

The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. The oldest record of it is its appearance in the Code of Virginia of 1919, as §§ 5865 and 17-97. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1995, chapter 503; in 1998, chapter 872; in 2021, chapters 344 and 345 of the Special Session I.

Code 1919, § 5865, § 17-97; 1995, c. 503; 1998, c. 872; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 344, 345.

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Court Decisions

In re: Vauter (SCV, 12/15/16)
. . . OPINION BY JUSTICE S. BERNARD GOODWYN . . .
Jerman v. Director of the Department of Corrections (SCV, 03/05/04)
. . . 593 S.E.2d 255 (2004) . . .

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Amendment Attempts

HB1960: Death penalty; abolishes from all Class 1 felonies committed on or after July 1, 2007. (failed)
HB299: Death penalty; abolishes for all Class 1 felonies committed on or after July 1, 2007. (failed)
HB1755: Death penalty; abolished for all Class 1 felonies committed on or after July 1, 2009. (failed)
HB85: Death penalty; abolishes penalty, including those persons currently under a death sentence. (failed)
SB449: Death penalty; abolishes penalty, including those persons currently under a death sentence. (failed)
HB1779: Death penalty; abolition of current penalty. (failed)
HB2263: Death penalty; abolition of current penalty.
HB2263: Death penalty; abolition of current penalty.
SB449: Death penalty; abolishes penalty, including those persons currently under a death sentence.
SB1165: Death penalty; abolition of current penalty.
HB661: Capital murder; death penalty for willful, deliberate, etc., killing of a law-enforcement officer. (failed)
SB379: Capital murder; death penalty for willful, deliberate, etc., killing of a law-enforcement officer. (failed)
HB394: Capital murder; authorizes death penalty. (failed)
HB2694: Criminal sexual assault against a minor; capital murder, death penalty, etc. (failed)