Legal Opinion
Burton Junior Post v. Otto C. Boles, Warden of the West Virginia State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 19, 1964No. 9133_1PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOREMAN, Circuit Judge.
Burton Junior Post has been a prisoner in the West Virginia Penitentiary since 1950^ serving sentences aggregating 125 yearg iraposed by the Circuit Court of Roane County, West Virginia, after ac-cepting his pleas of guilty to twelve felony indictments in which he was variously charged with armed robbery, kidnapping, breaking and entering or entering without breaking, and forgery, Admittedly he was not represented by *739counsel in the state court proceedings. Post filed his habeas corpus petition and, after a plenary hearing, he was denied relief. The District Court…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- Dyett v. TurnerUtah Supreme Court · 1968
- Charlie H. Scarbrough v. A. L. Dutton, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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