Rice v. Coiner

MAXWELL, Chief Judge.

Petitioner, Robert Lyle Rice, has filed in this Court an application seeking federal habeas corpus relief from his state custody. He is presently serving a life sentence imposed by the Circuit Court of *1018Mineral County, West Virginia, on February 7, 1966, following his conviction after jury trial on the charge of first degree murder.

Petitioner avers that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel. He advances in support of this conclusion that his counsel introduced into evidence an alleged illegally obtained confession, suppressed other evidence favorable to the…