State Ex Rel. Bullett v. Boles

Haymond, Judge:

This is an original habeas corpus proceeding instituted in this Court on June 21, 1965. The petitioner, James E. Bullett, seeks a writ to release him from the penitentiary of this State where he is now confined as a prisoner under a sentence of life imprisonment imposed by the final judgment of the Circuit Court of Morgan County, West Virginia, rendered September 4, 1947.

On June 21, 1965, this Court issued a writ returnable June 29, 1965 and appointed counsel to represent the petitioner in this proceeding. Upon the return day of the writ the defendant, Otto C. Boles, Warden of…