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UNITED STATES v. SKEEN

Civ. A. No. 433-F.

127 F.Supp. 153 (1954)

UNITED STATES ex rel. Charles Edward ESTEP, Petitioner, v. Orel J. SKEEN, Warden of West Virginia Penitentiary, Respondent.

United States District Court N. D. West Virginia, Fairmont Division.

November 23, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell L. Furbee, Fairmont, W. Va., for petitioner.

John G. Fox, Atty. Gen., and Arden J. Curry, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

WATKINS, Chief Judge.

Petitioner, Charles Edward Estep, is a state prisoner in the West Virginia Penitentiary. He has filed a petition requesting the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the legality of his detention. He is serving a life sentence under the West Virginia Habitual Criminal Act imposed upon him by the Circuit Court of Nicholas County, West Virginia, on October 27, 1940. Petitioner was convicted...

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