Legal Opinion
Hall v. Skeen
District Court, N.D. West Virginia
Decided November 22, 1954No. 427-FPublished
1Opinion of the Court
WATKINS, Chief Judge.
Petitioner, Ovie G. Hall, is a state prisoner in the West Virginia Penitentiary. He has filed a petition requesting the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the legality of his detention. He is now serving a life sentence for armed robbery imposed upon him by the Circuit Court of Logan County, West Virginia, on May 24, 1946. Petitioner, among other things, alleges that he is being unlawfully detained because he was denied the right to trial hy jury; that witnesses in his behalf were in the court room and were not permitted to take the stand in his behalf;…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Ex Parte HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- White v. RagenSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Goodwin v. Smyth, Superintendent of Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
- State Ex Rel. Hall v. SkeenWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1952
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