Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Smith v. Skeen
District Court, N.D. West Virginia
Decided October 24, 1956No. Civ. A. No. 741PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BOREMAN, District Judge.
Petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum and alleges several grounds in support of his petition. Petitioner was indicted in the Circuit Court of Fayette County, West Virginia, on a charge of attempted rape, was sentenced to a term of one to five years’ imprisonment and is now confined in the West Virginia State Penitentiary in Mounds-ville, West Virginia.
Without considering the merits of petitioner’s contentions, it is the opinion °f this Court that the petition for writ of habeas corpus must be denied.
It is well séttled that, in order to invoke the…
2Cases cited9 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
- Oscar A. Harrison v. Orel J. Skeen, Warden, West Virginia State Penitentiary, Moundsville, West VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1955
- United States Ex Rel. Farmer v. SkeenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1953
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3Cited by1 opinion
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