GUTHRIE v. BOLES

Civ. A. No. 696-E.

261 F.Supp. 852 (1967)

Haymond H. GUTHRIE, Petitioner, v. Otto C. BOLES, Warden of the West Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

United States District Court N. D. West Virginia.

January 4, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No appearance for petitioner.

C. Donald Robertson, Atty. Gen. of West Virginia, Larry L. Skeen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, W. Va., for respondent.


MAXWELL, Chief Judge.

In deciding this petition for a writ of habeas corpus the Court is required to determine the effect of Petitioner's claim that in the first of his two West Virginia convictions he was denied a preliminary hearing and in the second he appeared before the Justice of the Peace for a preliminary hearing and waived same without assistance of counsel.

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