BOWERS v. COINER

Civ. A. No. 2548.

309 F.Supp. 1064 (1970)

Timothy J. BOWERS, Petitioner, v. Ira M. COINER, Warden, West Virginia Penitentiary, Respondent.

United States District Court, S. D. West Virginia, Huntington Division.

January 31, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nye King, Huntington, W. Va., for petitioner.

Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen., Frank M. Ellison, Willard A. Sullivan, Asst. Attys. Gen., Charleston, W. Va., for respondent.


CHRISTIE, District Judge:

This proceeding comes before the Court on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in forma pauperis by Timothy J. Bowers, a prisoner of the State of West Virginia, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C.A. § 2241. The sentence under which petitioner is confined was imposed by the Common Pleas Court of Cabell County for a term of fifteen years, on January 6, 1967, following a jury verdict finding him guilty of armed robbery. Having...

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