Legal Opinion
Ward v. Trent
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided August 14, 1998No. Civil Action 3:97-1107PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
CHAMBERS, District Judge.
Phillip A. Ward (“Petitioner”) filed an application in this Court for a writ of habeas corpus. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1996). Petitioner was convicted of first degree murder and aggravated robbery after a two day jury trial before the Honorable Daniel O’Hanlon in the Circuit Court of Cabell County, West Virginia. 1 Petitioner’s conviction was affirmed on appeal by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. See State v. Ward, 188 W.Va. 380, 424 S.E.2d 725 (1991). Petitioner then sought and was granted an omnibus habeas corpus hearing before…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- CLEMENT v. HOEKSTRADistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 2021
- Ralph Terry, Acting Warden v. Phillip A. WardWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2017