State Ex Rel. Cobb v. Boles

Browning, President:

Upon application of the petitioner, Charlie William Cobb, this Court granted a writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum on December 11, 1964, returnable February 16, 1965, and appointed counsel to represent him before this Court.

The petition alleges petitioner’s conviction in McDowell County in February, 1958, of the offense of breaking and entering; the filing of an information against him setting forth two previous convictions of felony in McDowell County in the years 1944 and 1953; petitioner’s admission that he was the same person named in the information; and his…