Legal Opinion
Milam v. Skeen
District Court, N.D. West Virginia
Decided December 28, 1953No. 386-FPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATKINS, District Judge.
Joseph Lee Milam, an inmate at West Virginia Penitentiary, Moundsville, West Virginia, has filed three petitions for the writ of habeas corpus with this court. The second and third petitions were received September 1, 1953, and September 17, 1953, respectively, and will be treated as amendments of the petition received August 25,1953. The relevant facts surrounding the present incarceration of Milam as disclosed by his petition are as follows:
The petitioner was arrested by West Virginia state authorities in November of 1944, for the theft of a motor vehicle. Following…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Ex Parte HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Knewel v. EganSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Berg v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1949
- Farley v. SkeenDistrict Court, N.D. West Virginia · 1953
- United States ex rel. Farmer v. SkeenDistrict Court, N.D. West Virginia · 1952
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Smith v. PeytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1967
- Frush v. HamnerDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1959
- United States ex rel. Bruner v. AdamsDistrict Court, N.D. West Virginia · 1959