State Ex Rel. Stumbo v. Boles

Haymond, President:

This is an original habeas corpus proceeding instituted in this Court on July 17, 1964, in which the petitioner, Jerry Stumbo, seeks a writ to require the defendant, Otto C. Boles, Warden of the West Virginia Penitentiary, to release him from the penitentiary where he is presently confined under an indeterminate sentence of one year to ten years, imposed by the Circuit Court of Logan County, West Virginia, on February 28,1963. Upon the filing of the petition this Court issued a writ returnable September 15, 1964 and appointed counsel to represent the petitioner in this…