Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Strickland v. Melton
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided December 13, 1968No. 12773PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Haymond, Judge:
In this original habeas corpus proceeding instituted in this Court the petitioner, Sterling Doy Strickland, seeks a writ to require the defendant, G. Kemp Melton, Sheriff of Kanawha County, West Virginia, to release him from the jail of Kanawha County, West Virginia, where he is confined in the custody of the defendant awaiting execution of two concurrent sentences of confinement in the penitenti*502ary of this State imposed by the Intermediate Court of Kanawha County.
This Court, on October 15, 1968, issued a writ returnable October 22, 1968, and on October 29, 1968 this proceeding…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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