Legal Opinion
Jordan v. Holland
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided December 20, 1984No. 16330PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Per curiam
This case is before us on an original petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by Vernon James Jordan, Jr.
The relator, Vernon James Jordan, Jr. was indicted in the July 1977 term of the Grand Jury in the Circuit Court of Putnam County and charged with the May 29, 1977 armed robbery of three employees of Sho-ney’s Inc. He was convicted by a jury on March 30, 1977 and sentenced to a term of 25 years in the state penitentiary.
On February 9, 1983, this Court refused to grant Jordan’s petition for an appeal. On May 16, 1984, we granted Jordan’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus ad…
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