Case Title: Booker v. Dir., Dep't of Corrections (ORDER)

Citation: 

Docket Number: 111363

State: virginia

Court: Virginia Supreme Court

Date: 2012-06-08T00:00:00Z

Document:
VIRGINIA: 
 
 
In the Supreme Court of Virginia held at the Supreme Court 
Building in the City of Richmond, on Friday, the 8th day of June, 
2012. 
 
PRESENT:  All the Justices 
 
Walter Delaney Booker, Jr., 
 
 
 
Petitioner, 
 
against 
 
Record No. 111363 
 
Director of the Department  
of Corrections, 
 
 
 
 
Respondent. 
 
 
Upon a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 
 
 
Upon consideration of the petition for a writ of habeas corpus 
filed July 27, 2011, and the respondent’s motion to dismiss, the 
Court is of the opinion that the motion should be granted and the 
writ should not issue. 
 
Petitioner is detained pursuant to an order entered in the 
Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth on June 16, 2009, wherein 
the court revoked petitioner's previously suspended sentences for 
two convictions, and re-suspended all but six years on each 
sentence to be served concurrently.  Petitioner's appeal to the 
Court of Appeals of Virginia was unsuccessful, and this Court 
refused petitioner's appeal on August 6, 2010.  Petitioner now 
challenges the legality of his confinement pursuant to the 
revocation of his previously suspended sentences. 
 
On consideration of the petition for a writ of habeas corpus, 
 
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the Court finds the petition was not timely filed and dismisses the 
petition.  The limitation period for habeas corpus petitions 
challenging revocation hearings is one year after the cause of 
action accrues.  Code § 8.01-654(A)(2).  Petitioner's cause of 
action accrued in this matter on June 16, 2009, when the circuit 
court entered the order under which petitioner is currently 
detained.  Thus, petitioner had until June 16, 2010 in which to 
file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. 
 
Accordingly, the rule is discharged and the respondent shall 
recover from the petitioner the costs expended in his defense 
herein.  
 
This order shall be published in the Virginia Reports. 
Respondent’s costs: 
 
Attorney’s fee  
 
$50.00 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A Copy, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Teste: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Patricia L. Harrington, Clerk