STATE v. SKEEN

No. 10629.

78 S.E.2d 456 (1953)

STATE ex rel. LOVEJOY v. SKEEN.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided November 24, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul E. Bottome, Logan, for relator.

John G. Fox, Atty. Gen., Robert E. Magnuson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


LOVINS, Judge.

This Court, in the exercise of its original jurisdiction, granted a writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum upon the petition of Ronceford Lovejoy, hereinafter designated as "petitioner", and appointed Paul Bottome, Esquire, of Logan, West Virginia, as his counsel. The Warden of the West Virginia State Penitentiary is the respondent.

Counsel stipulated that certain warrants issued by a justice, transcripts of the proceedings before the same justice...

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