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United States Ex Rel. Clark v. Skeen

District Court, N.D. West Virginia

Decided November 23, 1954No. Civ. 434-FPublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WATKINS, Chief Judge.

Petitioner, Robert Clark, a state prisoner, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, claiming illegal detention in the West Virginia Penitentiary. Petitioner has been sentenced to life imprisonment under the West Virginia Habitual Criminal statute, which sentence was imposed by the Criminal Court of Harrison County, West Virginia on April 14, 1950. Petitioner was tried and convicted for larceny of an automobile. Subsequent to conviction petitioner was again returned to court and an information, together with records of two former convictions, were filed against…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  2. Graham v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  3. United States Ex Rel. Collins v. Claudy, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
  4. State v. GrahamWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1910
  5. State v. FisherWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1943

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. JonesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1985
  2. People v. GoodwinSupreme Court of Colorado · 1979
  3. State v. MarquezNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1986
  4. Robert Clark v. Orel J. Skeen, Warden, West Virginia State Penitentiary, Moundsville, West VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1955
  5. United States Ex Rel. Lawson v. SkeenDistrict Court, N.D. West Virginia · 1956

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