Legal Opinion
Adkins v. Bordenkircher
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 24, 1982No. Nos. 81-6811, 81-6812PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALBERT V. BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge:
These cross-appeals result from the grant in part of Jinks Adkins, Jr.’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. No error appearing in any of the rulings of the District Court, 517 F.Supp. 390, we affirm.
I. THE FACTS
Adkins and one Denny Lee Smith were first indicted September 9,1975, by a Logan County, West Virginia, grand jury for breaking and entering a store and stealing a safe. The premises were identified as the property of “Island Creek Stores Company, a corporation.” Upon noting a minor error in this description, the prosecutor procured another…
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