Legal Opinion
Farmer v. Skeen
District Court, N.D. West Virginia
Decided November 22, 1954No. 426-FPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATKINS, Chief Judge.
This is the second petition filed in this court for a writ of habeas corpus by petitioner, a state prisoner serving a 25-year sentence in the West Virginia Penitentiary for armed robbery. The first petition was dismissed by this court on October 15, 1952, for the reasons stated in an opinion filed by this court. United States ex rel. Farmer v. Skeen [United States ex rel. Farmer v. Thomson] D.C.N.D.W.Va., 107 F.Supp. 877. Petitioner was denied a certificate of probable cause on December 8, 1952. On appeal the action of this court was affirmed. United States ex rel. Farmer…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Ex Parte HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Goodwin v. Smyth, Superintendent of Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
- Ex Parte FarmerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1941
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3Cited by2 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Lawson v. SkeenDistrict Court, N.D. West Virginia · 1956
- A. B. Farmer v. Orel J. Skeen, Warden of the West Virginia State Penitentiary, Moundsville, West VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1955