Legal Opinion

State Ex Rel. Browning v. Tucker

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided June 18, 1957No. 10893Published

1Opinion of the Court

98 S.E.2d 740 (1957)

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. Denny J. BROWNING,

v.

E. H. TUCKER, Warden, etc.

No. 10893.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Submitted May 21, 1957.

Decided June 18, 1957.

O. D. Damron, Logan, for relator.

W. W. Barron, Atty. Gen., George H. Mitchell, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

HAYMOND, Judge.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding instituted in this Court, in which the petitioner, Denny J. Browning, seeks a writ to require the defendant, E. H. Tucker, Warden of the West Virginia Penitentiary, forthwith to release him from his present confinement under a sentence of life…

2Cases cited41 opinions

  1. Graham v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. Dictograph Products, Inc. v. Federal Trade CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  3. Ex parte MooneyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1885
  4. Dye v. SkeenWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1950
  5. Fowler v. Lewis's Adm'rWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1892

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