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STATE v. ADAMS

No. 10996.

103 S.E.2d 873 (1958)

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. Raymond HOUSDEN v. D. E. ADAMS, Warden, West Virginia Penitentiary.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided June 17, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angus E. Peyton, Charleston, for relator.

W. W. Barron, Atty. Gen., Virginia Mae Brown, Asst. Atty, Gen., for respondent.

DUCKER, Judge.

Raymond Housden filed his petition in this Court for a writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum directed to D. E. Adams, Warden of the West Virginia Penitentiary. The petition alleges that petitioner is confined in the penitentiary for and during his natural life and that the sentence is illegal and in violation of petitioner's constitutional rights. Upon the issuance of the writ by this Court on May 20, 1958, counsel was appointed to represent...

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