Crawford v. Coiner

Haymond, Judge;

On this writ of error the defendant, Ira M. Coiner, Warden of the West Virginia Penitentiary, seeks reversal of a final judgment of the Circuit Court of Cabell County rendered October 13, 1967 which granted a writ of habeas corpus to the petitioner, Carlos Crawford, and discharged him from confinement in the penitentiary upon the ground that the sentence imposed upon him March 21, 1964 by the Common Pleas Court of Cabell County is void.

The original defendant was Otto C. Boles, Warden of the West Virginia Penitentiary, who is now deceased. After his death this proceeding was…