Legal Opinion
Pruitt v. Skeen
District Court, N.D. West Virginia
Decided December 28, 1953No. 387-FPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATKINS, District Judge.
The petitioner in this cause, Danvil F. Pruitt, after setting forth in his petition for the writ of habeas corpus factual circumstances surrounding certain felony charges returned against him by a McDowell County, West Virginia, grand jury in June of 1952, proceeds to state the subsequent proceedings under the indictment and his ultimate commitment to West Virginia Penitentiary, Moundsville, West Virginia. A jury found the petitioner guilty of breaking and entering and he was sentenced to 1-10 years as provided under the law of the State of West Virginia.
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Ex Parte HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Barnes v. Hunter, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1951
- Yodock v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1951
- United States v. KranzDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1949
- United States ex rel. Borday v. ClaudyDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1952
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Jones v. RossDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1966
- Dixon v. TurnerDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1966