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Harrison v. Skeen

District Court, N.D. West Virginia

Decided August 10, 1953No. Civ. A. No. 372—FPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WATKINS, District Judge.

The petitioner, Oscar A. Harrison, has caused to be filed in this court his petition requesting issuance of a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the legality of his detention in the West Virginia Penitentiary. Movant is serving a life sentence for the slaying of one Eugene Martin, which sentence was imposed upon him by the Criminal Court of Wayne County, West Virginia, on December 31,1947.

Even a most cursory examination of the petition filed in this cause immediately discloses the incongruity of certain allegations contained therein. The movant, in one instance,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  2. Ex Parte HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  3. Tann v. SmythCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Oscar A. Harrison v. Otto C. Boles, Warden of the West Virginia Penitentiary, Moundsville, West VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
  2. Oscar A. Harrison v. Orel J. Skeen, Warden, West Virginia State Penitentiary, Moundsville, West VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1955
  3. Harrison v. SkeenDistrict Court, N.D. West Virginia · 1954
  4. Bradley v. SkeenDistrict Court, N.D. West Virginia · 1954
  5. Harrison v. SkeenDistrict Court, N.D. West Virginia · 1953

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