Legal Opinion
Bradley v. Skeen
District Court, N.D. West Virginia
Decided November 22, 1954No. 428-FPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATKINS, Chief Judge.
This is the second petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in this court by petitioner, a state prisoner who is serving a life sentence in the West Virginia Penitentiary for murder. He was sentenced to death by the Circuit Court of Boone County, West Virginia, in March, 1937, but this sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment. He asked this court to proceed in forma pauperis and to appoint counsel for him, which requests have been granted.
The first petition was dismissed by this court on August 10, 1953, because petitioner had not exhausted his state remedies.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Ex Parte HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- United States Ex Rel. Farmer v. SkeenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1953
- Harrison v. SkeenDistrict Court, N.D. West Virginia · 1953
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3Cited by2 opinions
- United States ex rel. Smith v. SkeenDistrict Court, N.D. West Virginia · 1956
- Woodrow B. Bradley v. Orel J. Skeen, Warden, West Virginia State Penitentiary, Moundsville, West VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1955