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Farley v. Skeen

District Court, N.D. West Virginia

Decided July 23, 1953No. 609-WPublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WATKINS, District Judge.

This is the second petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in this court by petitioner, a state prisoner who is serving a life sentence in the West Virginia Penitentiary for murder. The first petition was dismissed by this court on October 15, 1952, for the reasons stated in an opinion filed by this court. Farley v. Skeen, Warden, D.C.N.D.W.Va., 107 F.Supp. 881. In that case the court appointed four experienced lawyers to represent him. No appeal was taken. He has now filed this second petition, alleging many of the same grounds. In both petitions he alleges that…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Ex Parte HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. Higgins v. SteeleCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1952
  3. Goodwin v. Smyth, Superintendent of Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
  4. State v. FarleyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1942
  5. Farley v. SkeenDistrict Court, N.D. West Virginia · 1952

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Theodore R. Allen v. E. P. Perini, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
  2. Boyce v. AlizaduhCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979
  3. Clark v. ZimmermanDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1975
  4. Boyce v. AlizaduhCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979
  5. Farley v. Skeen, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1953

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