BOWEN v. BOLES

Civ. A. No. 676-E.

258 F.Supp. 111 (1966)

Ralph BOWEN, Petitioner, v. Otto C. BOLES, Warden of the West Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

United States District Court N. D. West Virginia.

August 19, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No attorney, for petitioner.

C. Donald Robertson, Atty. Gen. of West Virginia, George H. Mitchell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, W. Va., for respondent.


MAXWELL, Chief Judge.

This is a petition for habeas corpus brought by Ralph Bowen against Otto C. Boles, Warden of the West Virginia State Penitentiary. Bowen was indicted for first degree murder on April 12, 1960, and on April 15, 1960, he was arraigned, with counsel present, and entered a plea of guilty to the charge in the indictment. The State recommended mercy and Bowen was sentenced to life imprisonment.1

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