Lee Mansell Gilstrap, Sr. v. Mills Godwin, Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia

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• holding that petitioner, who unsuccessfully moved to dismiss indictment on speedy trial grounds in circuit court and then filed for federal habeas relief, had to seek review from Supreme Court of Virginia or show that such review “is unavailable or ineffective to protect his rights”
• requiring Virginia inmate to file a state petition for a writ of habeas corpus to exhaust his claim under the IAD
• affirming dismissal of section 2254 petition brought by prisoner serving sentence in Georgia and subject to Virginia detainer, and alleging denial of speedy trial rights, for failure to exhaust state remedies
• affirming dismissal for failure to exhaust

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