Legal Opinion
Guthrie v. Boles
District Court, N.D. West Virginia
Decided January 4, 1967No. Civ. A. 696-EPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAXWELL, Chief Judge.
In deciding this petition for a writ of habeas corpus the Court is required to determine the effect of Petitioner’s claim that in the first of his two West Virginia convictions he was denied a preliminary hearing and in the second he appeared before the Justice of the Peace for a preliminary hearing and waived same without assistance of counsel.
The sheer volume of claims identical, or at least strikingly similar, to those presented here, suggests that the Court make a comprehensive examination of the role of the preliminary hearing in the criminal procedure of West…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- White v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Percy Detoro v. Vernon L. Pepersack, Warden of the Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- United States Ex Rel. Thomas C. Cooper, Relator-Appellant v. Frederick G. ReinckeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by12 opinions
- State v. SheppardWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1983
- Gene N. Bowman, Sr. v. Donald E. Bordenkircher, Jr., Warden of the West Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
- Desper v. StateWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1984
- State v. PatrickSupreme Court of Missouri · 1967
- Raleigh v. CoinerDistrict Court, N.D. West Virginia · 1969
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