Legal Opinion
Oscar A. Harrison v. Otto C. Boles, Warden of the West Virginia Penitentiary, Moundsville, West Virginia
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 13, 1962No. 8532_1PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is taken from an order of the District Court whereby the petition of Oscar A. Harrison for writ of habeas corpus was dismissed without a hearing. Harrison is serving a life sentence in the West Virginia State Penitentiary imposed by the Circuit Court of Wayne County, West Virginia, on December 31, 1947, after a jury trial wherein he was found guilty of murder in the first degree.
He filed the instant proceeding in the District Court on November 13, 1961, and was allowed by the court to proceed in forma pauperis. The Judge considered the allegations of the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Pyle v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Bowen v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Robert J. Grundler and Joseph L. Jelly v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- Eagles v. United States Ex Rel. SamuelsSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
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3Cited by17 opinions
- United States of America Ex Rel. James Cannon v. James F. Maroney, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, PaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
- Artie G. Thompson v. Warden Sam P. Garrison, Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina and State Ofnorth CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
- Jack T. Stewart (Jack T. Stuart) or Any Other Officer of the U. S. District Court v. Vardaman S. DunnCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- United States Ex Rel. Smith v. ReinckeDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1965
- Austin v. PeytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1968
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