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EDWARDS v. LEVERETTE

No. 14127.

258 S.E.2d 436 (1979)

Clarence F. EDWARDS, Jr. v. Bobby J. LEVERETTE, Superintendent West Virginia Penitentiary.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Rehearings Denied October 4, 1979.

Rehearings Denied October 11, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Cohen, Jr., Fairmont, for relator.

Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen., Paul T. Farrell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for respondent.

CAPLAN, Chief Justice:

In this original proceeding in habeas corpus the petitioner, Clarence F. Edwards, Jr., seeks release from a life sentence imposed upon him by the Circuit Court of Jefferson County as the result of a conviction for first degree murder. He was indicted at the September Term, 1974, of said court and was tried in October. Upon conviction by a jury a life sentence with a recommendation of mercy was imposed, the effective date thereof being July 16...

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