STATE v. BOLES

No. 12429.

141 S.E.2d 139 (1965)

STATE ex rel. Weldon F. JORGENSON v. Otto C. BOLES, Warden, West Virginia Penitentiary.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided March 30, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. S. Francis, New Martinsville, for relator.

C. Donald Robertson, Atty. Gen., George H. Mitchell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for respondent.


CAPLAN, Judge.

In this original habeas corpus proceeding the petitioner, Weldon F. Jorgenson, alleging that he is "being unlawfully held, detained, restrained, confined of and from his lawful liberty", seeks a writ to compel the respondent to release petitioner from his custody. The writ was issued by this Court on February 1, 1965, returnable on March 2, 1965, and counsel was appointed to represent the petitioner in this...

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