Moore v. Coiner

MAXWELL, Chief Judge.

Petitioner is presently incarcerated in the West Virginia State Penitentiary at Moundsville following his conviction in the Circuit Court of Greenbrier County, West Virginia. On August 12, 1959, Petitioner entered a plea of guilty to second degree murder and was sentenced to confinement by the Circuit Court of Greenbrier County for an indeterminate term of not less than five nor more than eighteen years plus an additional period of five years under West Virginia’s habitual criminal statute.

Petitioner applied to this Court for a writ of federal habeas corpus. Counsel was…