United States ex rel. Bruner v. Adams

HARRY E. WATKINS, Chief Judge.

Petitioner, who has been convicted of murder and has been sentenced to death by a state court, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He was allowed to proceed in forma pauperis, and, although he did not ask for appointment of counsel, a competent attorney was appointed to represent him. In order to show that he has raised the same points in the Supreme Court of West Virginia and in the Supreme Court of the United States, and has exhausted his state court remedies, thereby giving this Court jurisdiction, he has filed a copy of his petition for a writ…