LAWSON v. COINER

Civ. A. No. C-68-3-E.

291 F.Supp. 79 (1968)

Robert LAWSON, Petitioner, v. Ira M. COINER, Warden of the West Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

United States District Court N. D. West Virginia.

October 15, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No appearance for petitioner.

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


MAXWELL, Chief Judge.

In October, 1963, Petitioner, Robert Lawson, pleaded guilty to the offense of forgery and was sentenced to 1-10 years in the West Virginia State Penitentiary. He was paroled on June 24, 1965. Petitioner absconded supervision and on November 1, 1965, he left the state without permission, in violation of his parole. In Illinois he stole a truck, and he was arrested in Ohio on November 29, 1965, while driving this truck. Both West Virginia and Illinois...

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