Charles Ray Carroll v. Otto C. Boles, Warden of the West Virginia State Penitentiary

On June 25, 1957, in the Circuit Court of Preston County, West Virginia, petitioner Carroll entered a plea of guilty to a charge of breaking and entering, the statutory penalty for which offense is confinement in the penitentiary for an indeterminate term of from one to ten years. The court accepted the plea but, at the request of the prosecuting attorney, continued the case for sentencing to June 26 to allow the prosecutor time to prepare an information charging petitioner with two prior felony convictions. These prior convictions, if admitted by petitioner or if he denied them and the state…