Legal Opinion
Holland v. Boles
District Court, N.D. West Virginia
Decided February 15, 1967No. Civ. A. 697-EPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAXWELL, Chief Judge.
Petitioner, Richard Holland, is now serving a life sentence in the West Virginia Penitentiary, following a jury verdict convicting him of first degree murder. The conviction and sentence occurred in 1964 in the Common Pleas Court of Cabell County, West Virginia. 1
Holland raised six claims for federal habeas corpus relief in his original and amended petition. Since a number of them present factual issues, this Court appointed counsel for Petitioner and held a plenary hearing on January 18, 1967.
Holland first claims that “fraud” and “collusion” between his trial counsel and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Patton v. State of North CarolinaDistrict Court, W.D. North Carolina · 1966
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3Cited by11 opinions
- B. B. Wilson v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
- Clarence Ernest Beardslee, A/K/A Clarence Everett Beardslee v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- Goolsby v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1967
- Holland v. CoinerDistrict Court, N.D. West Virginia · 1968
- Blankenship v. PeytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1969
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