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HALL v. SKEEN

No. 427-F.

125 F.Supp. 651 (1954)

Ovie G. HALL, Petitioner, v. Orel J. SKEEN, Warden of the 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 petitioner.

John G. Fox, Atty. Gen. of West Virginia, and Virginia Mae Brown, Asst. Atty. Gen. of West Virginia, for respondent.

WATKINS, Chief Judge.

Petitioner, Ovie G. Hall, 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 now serving a life sentence for armed robbery imposed upon him by the Circuit Court of Logan County, West Virginia, on May 24, 1946. Petitioner, among other things, alleges that he is being unlawfully detained because he was denied the right...

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