HICKS v. BOLES

Civ. No. C-67-93-E.

276 F.Supp. 161 (1967)

Wetzel HICKS, Petitioner, v. Otto C. BOLES, Warden of the West Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

United States District Court N. D. West Virginia.

December 6, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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


MAXWELL, Chief Judge.

The Petitioner, Wetzel Hicks, is currently serving an indeterminative sentence of 2 to 15 years for arson in the first degree, following his conviction upon a plea of guilty entered in the Common Pleas Court of Cabell County, West Virginia. Sentence was imposed on March 3, 1967, and after exhausting available state remedies, the Petitioner seeks Federal habeas corpus relief in this Court under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

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