RICE v. COINER

Civ. A. No. C-72-162-E.

352 F.Supp. 1235 (1973)

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

United States District Court, N. D. West Virginia.

January 11, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chauncey M. Browning, Jr., Atty. Gen. of W. Va., Charleston, W. Va., for respondent.


MAXWELL, Chief Judge.

Petitioner in the above styled civil action is presently incarcerated in the West Virginia State Penitentiary at Moundsville, West Virginia, serving a life sentence imposed by the Circuit Court of Mineral County, West Virginia, on February 7, 1966, following his conviction, by a jury, on a charge of murder.

In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2241 et seq., Petitioner has filed for federal habeas corpus relief in this...

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