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VICKERS v. HAYNES

No. 76-1568.

539 F.2d 1005 (1976)

Francis R. VICKERS, Appellant, v. Lloyd E. HAYNES, Warden of Huttonsville Correctional Center, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 2, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis R. Vickers, pro se.

Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Charleston, W. Va., for appellee.

Before CRAVEN, BUTZNER and RUSSELL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Vickers was convicted of first-degree murder by the Intermediate Court of Kanawha County, West Virginia, and is now serving a life sentence in the West Virginia State Penitentiary. The jury verdict carried a recommendation of mercy, and thus Vickers is eligible for parole during the term of his sentence. Having exhausted all post-conviction state remedies, Vickers petitioned for federal habeas corpus relief. In an opinion dated April 11, 1975, the district...

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