SAYLOR v. KING

Civ. A. No. C-67-67-E.

272 F.Supp. 66 (1967)

Elmer R. SAYLOR, Petitioner, v. Frank B. KING, Warden of the West Virginia Medium Security Prison, Respondent.

United States District Court N. D. West Virginia.

August 2, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No attorney for petitioner.

C. Donald Robertson, Atty. Gen. of West Virginia, Morton I. Taber, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, W. Va., for respondent.


MAXWELL, Chief Judge.

Petitioner Elmer R. Saylor was convicted by a jury and sentenced to an indeterminate term of not less than one nor more than ten years on November 1, 1966, in the Circuit Court of Wood County, West Virginia. He seeks federal habeas corpus on the sole ground that he was denied the right to counsel on appeal.

In support of his claim Saylor alleges that he was refused counsel for appeal by the state trial court. Included with the petition...

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