State Ex Rel. Lovejoy v. Skeen

Lovins, Judge:

This Court, in the exercise of its original jurisdiction, granted a writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum upon the petition of Ronceford Lovejoy, hereinafter designated as “petitioner”, and appointed Paul Bottome, Esquire, of Logan, West Virginia, as his counsel. The Warden of the West Virginia State Penitentiary is the respondent.

Counsel stipulated that certain warrants issued by a justice, transcripts of the proceedings before the same justice, an indictment against petitioner, an information filed against him and certain orders made by the Circuit Court of Logan County be…