Holland v. Coiner

MAXWELL, Chief Judge.

Petitioner, Richard Holland, is presently serving a life sentence in the West Virginia Penitentiary for first degree murder, imposed in 1964 by the Common Pleas Court of Cabell County, West Virginia, upon a guilty verdict returned by a jury after trial. He applies for federal habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 2241 (1959) and 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (Supp.1967), alleging that the conviction under which he is presently confined is based upon an invalid indictment.

Petitioner was originally sentenced to life imprisonment in 1952 after entering a guilty plea to first…