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023-6-020 – Prease v. Clarke
Virginia Lawyers Weekly//July 24, 2023//
Listen to this articlePrease v. Clarke, Record No. 220665; July 6, 2013 (Powell) Upon a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. Vishal Agraharkar (Geri M. Greenspan; Andrea Fenster; American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Virginia, Inc.), for petitioner. Andrew N. Ferguson, Solicitor General (Jason S. Miyares, Attorney General; Charles H. Slemp III, Chief Deputy Attorney General; Erika L. Maley, Principal Deputy Solicitor General; Graham K. Bryant, Deputy Solicitor General; Laura H. Cahill, Assistant Attorney General), for respondents. VLW 023-6-020, 9 pp.
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