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HARRISON v. SKEEN

No. 430-F.

125 F.Supp. 547 (1954)

Oscar A. HARRISON, Petitioner, v. Orel J. SKEEN, Warden, West Virginia Penitentiary, Respondent.

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

November 22, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

John G. Fox, Atty. Gen., and Harry A. Bangert, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

WATKINS, Chief Judge.

This is the second petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in this court by the petitioner, a state prisoner who is serving a life sentence in the West Virginia Penitentiary for murder, which sentence was imposed by the Circuit Court of Wayne County, West Virginia, on December 31, 1947. At his trial in the state court he was represented by two attorneys. In this proceeding he has asked the court...

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